Portrait of an Aka man

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:
1998.344.170.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.D.170
Previous Other Number:
N 10


Accession Number:
1998.344.170.2
Description:
A three-quarter length portrait of a man (unidentified) wearing an Arab-style white tunic and leaning on a stick. 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"] - 170. Male type (Sillok). N.10

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Type. (I have as in so many other photos decapitated the object) N10"

Recorder:
Christopher Morton 16/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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