Moro woman
103 x 75 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Silver sulphide staining? [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.M.15
Previous Other Number:
97; handlist no. 409
Accession Number:
1998.345.15
Description:
An upper body full face portrait of a woman with cictrices on forehead and cheeks and wearing a patterned textile cloth wrap, with the head of a small child visible standing in front of her.
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 , Child Care , Textile
Keyword:
Textile
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"] - 409. female type
Note on print reverse ms blue pencil - "409" & ms pencil "Moro 97"
Notes on card mount ms pencil - "SSS? overall 8.89"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Moro"] - 409. female type
Note on print reverse ms blue pencil - "409" & ms pencil "Moro 97"
Notes on card mount ms pencil - "SSS? overall 8.89"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 2/3/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
