Portrait of an Ingessana woman
103 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.344.115.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
1998.344.115.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.D.115
Previous Other Number:
F 5
Accession Number:
1998.344.115.2
Description:
A full-face upper body portrait of a seated woman (unidentified).
Her hair is plastered with fat in typical Ingessana fashion, and she wears arm rings and several neck ornaments as well as scarification marks on her torso.
Evans-Pritchard has hung an overcoat on a tree behind as a backdrop.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1926 November - December
Region:
Blue Nile Tabi Hills ?Soda
Group:
Ingessana (Gaam)
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology , Toilet , Ornament , Body Art
Keyword:
Ornament Neck , Hair , Body Art Skin
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 "Ingassana"] - 115. Female type. F.5
Note on print reverse ms pencil - " Lady . to show Phy. Type, hair dress & ornaments & scarification"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 115. Female type. F.5
Note on print reverse ms pencil - " Lady . to show Phy. Type, hair dress & ornaments & scarification"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 11/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
