Anuak noble's compound
60 x 60 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.342.83.2 - Print gelatin silver , (60 x 60 mm)
1998.342.83.2 - Print gelatin silver , (60 x 60 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.AK.83
Previous Other Number:
44 3 (164)
Accession Number:
1998.342.83.1
Description:
Two forked posts and a carved fence support (dikweri) indicate that this entrance way to a homestead is that of one of the nobles of Ukaadi, possibly the leading noble Akwei-war-Alal.
Near the entrance is a tree with a thick trunk, probably a shaded seating area known as wic mac.
In western and other Anuak districts, such symbols as dikweri adorn the compound of a headman.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 March - May
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Ukaadi
Group:
Anuak
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Insignia , Settlement , Shelter , Carving
Keyword:
Fence , 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.
Note on negative m/s ink - "164"
Note on negative m/s ink - "164"
Other Information:
A genealogy of Akwei-war-Alal, a noble of Ukaadi village, is given on page 148 of 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).
On page 115 he also notes that three nobles are living in Akwei's village of Ukaadi in 1935 [Chris Morton 5/1/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 5/1/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
