Moro girl showing teeth mutilation

Moro girl showing teeth mutilation
103 x 75 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.353.23.2 - Print gelatin silver , (103 x 75 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.Misc.22
Previous Other Number:
III 11; Moro handlist no.398


Accession Number:
1998.353.23.1
Description:
An upper body full face portrait of a girl showing teeth mutilation. Her four lower incisors have been removed, and strung with beads as a neck ornament. Her four top incisors have been filed into points.
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:
Body Art
Keyword:
Body Art Teeth
Activity:
Beautification
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"] - 398. girl shewing teeth mutilation

Note on negative ms ink - "III 11"



Recorder:
Christopher Morton [10/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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