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:
1998.344.194.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.D.194

Previous Other Number:

P 5

Accession Number:

1998.344.194.2

Description:

A head and shoulders full-face portrait of a man (unidentified) wearing a string neck ornment. 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)

Publication History:

Contemporary Publication - Reproduced as Plate IIb (facing page 4) in E. E. Evans-Pritchard's Ethnological Observations in Dar Fung , Sudan Notes and Records Vol.XV, Part i, 1932, with the caption 'Sillok type'. [Chris Morton 20/2/2004]

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Physical Anthropology , Ornament

Keyword:

Ornament Neck

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"] - 194. Man - front view (Sillok). P.5

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Type 2 P.5"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 20/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]