Anuak headman's homestead

Anuak headman's homestead
83 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.342.140.1 - Negative film nitrate , (83 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.AK.140
Previous Other Number:
05 4 (264)


Accession Number:
1998.342.140.2
Description:
The entrance to the compound of the headmen of Dibango, with elongated fence-posts (dikweri) carved with notched hoops, some with horns displayed on them. This display was generally reserved for headmen only, but occasionally for other popular individuals of a village.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 March - May
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Dibango
Group:
Anuak
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Insignia , Settlement , Shelter , Carving
Keyword:
Fence , Building House
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.

Notes on print/mount - "05 4 264 Dibango"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 9/1/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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