Portrait of a Moro man
100 x 73 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Sulphide staining overall [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.Misc.15
Previous Other Number:
[?97] V6
Accession Number:
1998.353.16.2
Description:
A head and shoulders full face portrait of a man wearing a European shirt, and with a headscarf.
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 , Clothing Headgear
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.
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Type V6"
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Type V6"
Other Information:
The outline of trees and a hut behind this man can be matched exactly to other portraits in the Moro series.
[Chris Morton 10/9/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [9/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
