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.22
Previous Other Number:
97; handlist no. 388
Accession Number:
1998.345.22
Description:
A head and shoulders profile portrait of a man wearing a cowrie neck string, holding a bow and with a quiver of arrows on his back, ornamented with ?goat hair.
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 , Weapon , Ornament
Keyword:
Bow , Arrow , Quiver , 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"] - 388. Male type - side view
Note on print reverse ms blue pencil "388" & ms pencil "97"
Notes on card mount ms pencil - "SSS overall 8.89"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Moro"] - 388. Male type - side view
Note on print reverse ms blue pencil "388" & ms pencil "97"
Notes on card mount ms pencil - "SSS overall 8.89"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 3/3/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
