Ingessana man

103 x 76 mm | Negative film nitrate

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.344.125.2 - Print gelatin silver , (103 x 76 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.D.125

Previous Other Number:

BB 2

Accession Number:

1998.344.125.1

Description:

An upper body portrait of a man (unidentified). He is wearing a ?wooden arm ring and a series of Arabic-style leather charm cases (possibly containing Koranic texts) strung on a string tied to the same arm. These charms indicate the sorts of cultural influences and borrowings present in the Tabi hills at this date.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1926 November - December

Region:

Blue Nile Tabi Hills ?Soda

Group:

Ingessana (Gaam)

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Physical Anthropology , Ornament , Religion

Keyword:

Ornament Neck , Ornament Arm , Amulet

Documentation:

Original catalogue lists in Manuscript Collections. Additional material in related documents files. [CM 27/9/2005]

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.

Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 125. Male Type. B.B.-2

Note on negative scratched - "BB-2"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 12/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]