Ingessana chief

103 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.344.144.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)

Condition:

Residual chemical staining [EE 1989]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.D.144

Previous Other Number:

L 1

Accession Number:

1998.344.144.2

Description:

An upper body full face portrait of a man (identified as an Omda or chief at Kukur) wearing a white tunic with crossing bands of dark material and cummerbund, after the style of the Anglo-Egyptian military.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1926 November - December

Region:

Blue Nile Tabi Hills Kukur

Group:

Ingessana (Gaam)

NamedPerson:

Omda of Kukur

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Physical Anthropology , Clothing , Colonial

Keyword:

Uniform

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"] - 144. Man - front view. L.1

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Omdur at Kukur L1"

Notes on card mount ms pencil - "RCS spot 11/11/86 EE"

Other Information:

Omdur is almost certainly a variant spelling of Omda, an Arabic term for a tribal chief in the Sudan. [Chris Morton 12/2/2004]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 12/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]