Fishing in Akobo river
82 x 52 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.342.9.2 - Print gelatin silver , (82 x 52 mm)
1998.342.9.2 - Print gelatin silver , (82 x 52 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.AK.9
Previous Other Number:
19 3 (212)
Accession Number:
1998.342.9.1
Description:
A wide fast-flowing section of river near Pochala with two youths standing in it holding what looks like a fishing net between them.
Another youth stands above them on the river bank holding up a piece of cloth.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 March - May
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Pochala
Group:
Anuak
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Fishing
Keyword:
Rivers & Streams , Net
Activity:
Fishing
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 - "212"
Note on negative m/s ink - "212"
Other Information:
The previous electronic catalogue entry relating to numbers EP.AK.1-17 identified the river as Oboth.
I have been unable to confirm this information elsewhere, and so have assumed that the images are of the Akobo river, near which Pochala is situated.
[Chris Morton 12/12/2003]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 15/12/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
