Sergeant major of Anglo-Egyptian army
103 x 76 mm | Negative glass plate gelatin
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.D.225
Previous Other Number:
L
Accession Number:
1998.344.225
Description:
A Sudanese man in military uniform of a Sergeant major of the Anglo-Egyptian army, wearing a pith helmet and holding a turban which has the badge of a lion on the front, balanced on top of a staff.
He is standing in a native Ingessana compound with a fence of interwoven sticks behind him.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1926 November - December
Region:
Blue Nile Tabi Hills Baw
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Clothing , Clothing Headgear , Colonial
Keyword:
Uniform , Staff
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"] - 225. Sergeant major at Whisko. L
Note on negative ms ink - "L"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 225. Sergeant major at Whisko. L
Note on negative ms ink - "L"
Other Information:
E-P identifies this settlement as Whisko.
Wisko or Wisho is an alternative name for the town of Baw in the Tabi Hills.
[Latitude 11.38 Longitude 34.08] [Chris Morton 24/2/2004]
Recorder:
[Christopher Morton 24/2/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
