Anuak royal emblems
60 x 60 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.342.168.1 - Negative film nitrate , (60 x 60 mm)
1998.342.168.1 - Negative film nitrate , (60 x 60 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.AK.168
Previous Other Number:
44 4 (175)
Accession Number:
1998.342.168.2
Description:
Just out of frame is King Aguaa-war-Akuon of Obuodhi village, sitting in his compound.
The subject of the photograph however is a royal stool standing on a skin beside him, as well as the royal spear-rest, a leopard-skin and four spears lying on the ground.
These objects comprised the Anuak royal amblems held by the king, which after 1921 rotated annually.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 March - May
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Obuodhi
Group:
Anuak
NamedPerson:
Aguaa-war-Akuon
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Weapon , Furniture Dwelling , Shelter , Insignia
Keyword:
Spear , Building House
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.
Notes on print/mount - "44 4 175"
Notes on print/mount - "44 4 175"
Other Information:
Aguaa-war-Akuon is referred to in several places in E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard's The Political System of the Anuak of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (monographs on Social Anthropology no.4, London School of Economics, 1940), and a photograph of him is reproduced facing page 128, with the caption "Aguaa-war-Akuon, the present king, wearing the royal necklaces and seated on one of the royal stools" The spear emblems are also shown in Plate VIII (photographed by Elliot Smith whilst they were confiscated by the administration) [Chris Morton 22/12/2003]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 12/1/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
