Aka village on Jebel Sillok
103 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.344.158.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
1998.344.158.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.D.158
Previous Other Number:
P 7
Accession Number:
1998.344.158.2
Description:
A man standing on a path towards huts of a village on the hilltop, showing granaries built on top of large rocks, presumably to aid protection from pests such as termites.
The language of the Aka people of Jebel Sillok is part of the Berta group of languages.
They called themselves Fa-c-aka or people of Aka.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1926 December
Region:
Blue Nile Jebel Sillok
Group:
Aka (Sillok)
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Topography , Settlement , Shelter
Keyword:
Village , Building Storage
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"] - 158. Village. (Sillok). P.7
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Section of village showing granaries perched on rocks. P 7"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 158. Village. (Sillok). P.7
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Section of village showing granaries perched on rocks. P 7"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 13/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
