Portrait of a Moro man

Portrait of a Moro man
103 x 75 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Silver sulphide staining [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.M.23
Previous Other Number:
97; handlist no. 384


Accession Number:
1998.345.23
Description:
A head and shoulders full face portrait of a man wearing a perforated metal disk on a string. The term Moro was frequently applied to several groups of the Amadi district, but later - principally after Evans-Pritchard's fieldwork of 1927 - became restricted to the Moro Meza, Kederu, Oggi (Uggi) and Endri.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria ?Amadi District
Group:
Moro
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 "Moro"] - 384. Male type - front view

Note on print reverse ms blue pencil "384" & ms pencil "97"

Notes on card mount ms pencil - "SSS overall 8.89"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 3/3/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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