Portrait of an Aka man

103 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.344.220.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.D.220

Previous Other Number:

P 3

Accession Number:

1998.344.220.2

Description:

A head and shoulders profile portrait of a man (unidentified) wearing a white Arabic-style tunic. 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)

Publication History:

Contemporary Publication - Reproduced as Plate IIa (facing page 4) of E. E. Evans-Pritchard's 'Ethnological Observations in Dar Fung' , Sudan Notes and Records Vol.XV, Part i, 1932, with the caption 'Sillok Type'. [Chris Morton 24/2/2004]

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Physical Anthropology , Clothing

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"] - 220. Man - side view (Sillok). P.3

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Type 1 P.3"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 24/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]