Anuak man in headdress

Anuak man in headdress
83 x 54 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.AK.184
Previous Other Number:
19 5 (200)


Accession Number:
1998.342.184.2
Description:
A man seated near a fence in a compound wearing a conical hat with a chin-strap of ?cowrie shells with two other straps crossing the face. This village was the clan centre of the important Jowatcuaa clan (named after it's lineage founder, Ocala) although it had no headman but prominent clan elders.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 March - May
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Pochala
Group:
Anuak
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Clothing Headgear , Settlement
Keyword:
Headdress , Fence
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 - "19 5 200 Pocala"

Recorder:
Christopher Morton 12/1/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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