Anuak King
82 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.AK.107
Previous Other Number:
192
Accession Number:
1998.342.107.2
Description:
A man seated on the ground near his homestead (identified as King Aguaa-war-Akuon of Obuodhi village) sitting on floor covering, with seated youths to the side.
He is wearing the royal strings of beads, which are used to invest all new Anuak kings, and are identified with the founder of the nobles lineage.
It is possible that this occasion was the re-confirmation by the administration and nobles of Aguaa as king in 1935, having first held them in 1932.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 March - May
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Obuodhi
Group:
Anuak
NamedPerson:
Aguaa-war-Akuon
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Clothing , Insignia , Shelter , Ornament , Colonial
Keyword:
Ornament Neck , Ornament Arm , Building House
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.
Notes on print/mount - "192 Aguaa being selected"
Notes on print/mount - "192 Aguaa being selected"
Other Information:
Aguaa-war-Akuon is referred to in several places in E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard's The Political System of the Anuak of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (monographs on Social Anthropology no.4, London School of Economics, 1940), and a image of him is reproduced as Plate XIIa (facing page 128), with the caption "Aguaa-war-Akuon, the present king, wearing the royal necklaces and seated on one of the royal stools".
The annotation of this image as 'Aguaa being selected' could refer to the investiture of the youth beyond the king, who may also be named Aguaa.
However, it is more likely to mean that King Aguaa, who is the main subject of the photograph, is being re-confirmed as the government-backed king, who after 1928 held the emblems for a one-year tenure elected by nobles and the District Commissioner.
On page 97 E-P notes that Aguaa was first granted the emblems in 1932 for a year, and then again for 1935.
[Chris Morton 7/1/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 7/1/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
