Baro River steam barge
83 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.342.154.2 - Print gelatin silver , (83 x 55 mm)
1998.342.154.2 - Print gelatin silver , (83 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.AK.154
Previous Other Number:
78 (290)
Accession Number:
1998.342.154.1
Description:
A river steam barge (no.110) photographed from a railed jetty.
This image is part of a film almost certainly of a trip to view the Baro River.
Evans-Pritchard mentions that he observed the Baro Anuak only from the deck of a steamer, stopping at villages briefly only twice.
He probably traversed it as far as Gambela judging by the landscape of winding channels and plains.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 March - May
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Baro River
Group:
Anuak
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Navigation , Transport , Colonial
Keyword:
Rivers & Streams , Boat
Primary Documentation:
PRM Accession Records - Accession Book Entry [p.
98] 1966.27 [1 - 24] G[ift] PROFESSOR E.
E.
EVANS-PRITCHARD; INST.
OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 51 BANBURY RD.
OXFORD - 1966.27.19 - S.
SUDAN, DARFUNG.
VARIOUS TRIBES.
Box of negatives in envelopes, [1 - 242] & 1966.27.20 - Box of prints of these negatives [refers to object 1966.27.19] [1 - 242], in envelopes.
Note on negative m/s ink - "290"
Note on negative m/s ink - "290"
Other Information:
In The Political System of the Anuak of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (monographs on Social Anthropology no.4, London School of Economics, 1940) (page 4) E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard notes that 'those [villages] along the Baro were observed only from the deck of a steamer, except for a few minutes landing at two of them.' On page 7 he notes that 'Along the Baro their villages do not commence till about the 34th parallel and from there eastwards its right bank may be taken as their northern boundary, though there are three small Anuak communities on the Jokau about 22 miles from its junction with the Baro.' [Chris Morton 9/1/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 9/1/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
