Aka dance

103 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.344.178.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.D.178

Previous Other Number:

N 11

Accession Number:

1998.344.178.2

Description:

A group of Aka women (and possibly some men) of Jebel Sillok dancing in a circle, wearing dancing ornaments and some with sticks. A large Adansonia (Baobab) tree is visible in the background. The language of the Aka people of Jebel Sillok to the south of the Tabi hills 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:

Dance , Ornament

Keyword:

Dance Accessory , Ornament Arm , Ornament Neck

Activity:

Dancing

Event:

Dance

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"] - 178. Dance. (Sillok). N.11

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Section of a dance N 11"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 17/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]