Anuak noble with men
60 x 60 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.AK.8
Previous Other Number:
44 4 (169)
Accession Number:
1998.342.8.2
Description:
A group of men seated on the ground in the shade of a tree.
Second from left is an elder, identified as Ubang-wi-Nyidoor, a nobleman who had his 'court' at Pinythin on the Akobo river.
He was the acknowledged leader of the Ulueth lineage and as such had power over a number of villages in eastern Anuakland.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 March - May
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Jonglei ?Pinythin
Group:
Anuak
NamedPerson:
Ubang-wi-Nyidoor
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Activity:
Anthropology
Event:
Meeting
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 - "169"
Note on negative m/s ink - "169"
Other Information:
Ubang-wi-Nyidoor is frequently mentioned by E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard in The Political System of the Anuak of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (monographs on Social Anthropology no.4, London School of Economics, 1940).
On page 91 he is described as 'about 75 years of age in 1935' ; 'Ubang is regarded as a father to his people who greatly respect him, though there is little formality at court.
Noble and people are on the friendliest terms' (page 126).
A plan of Ubang's homestead is also reproduced (facing page 65) with the description that he 'has carved posts supporting the screen around his sleeping hut.' Ubang-wi-Nyidoor is also described as the leader of the Ulueth lineage, recognised as having influence over an area in the extreme east of Anuakland (see map facing page 23).
[Chris Morton 15/12/2003] A similar image of Ubang and other men is reproduced as Plate XIIb (facing page 128) in 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), with the caption "Ubang-wi-Nyidoor (front left), the oldest member of the royal clan".[Chris Morton 16/12/2003]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 15/12/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
