Avokaya woman

Avokaya woman
100 x 75 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.M.41
Previous Other Number:
XI 2; handlist no: 332


Accession Number:
1998.345.42.2
Description:
A three-quarter length rear-view portrait of a woman wearing a checked textile body wrap and with plaited hair, identified as an Avokaya woman.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Amadi District ?Woonibah
Group:
Avokaya
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology , Textile , Toilet
Keyword:
Textile , Hair
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"] - 332. Ditto back view

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "XI 2 same woman"

Other Information:
Documentation with 1998.345.41 is that this woman is an Avokaya. [Chris Morton 14/9/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 9/3/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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