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:
1998.344.226.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)

Condition:

Residual chemical staining/fading [EE 1989]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.D.226

Previous Other Number:

P 2

Accession Number:

1998.344.226.2

Description:

A head and shoulders full face portrait of a man (unidentified) with a beard and 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)

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"] - 226. Man - front view (Sillok). P.2

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Type 1. P.2"

Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "RCS, faded 11/11/86 EE"

Recorder:

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