Moro girl showing teeth mutilation

103 x 75 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.353.23.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 75 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.Misc.22

Previous Other Number:

III 11; Moro handlist no.398

Accession Number:

1998.353.23.2

Description:

An upper body full face portrait of a girl showing teeth mutilation. Her four lower incisors have been removed, and strung with beads as a neck ornament. Her four top incisors have been filed into points.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1927

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Amadi District

Group:

Moro

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Body Art

Keyword:

Body Art Teeth

Activity:

Beautification

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 "Moro"] - 398. girl shewing teeth mutilation

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "III/11" & ms blue pencil - "398"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [10/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]