Burun man
103 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.D.149
Previous Other Number:
K 6
Accession Number:
1998.344.149.2
Description:
An upper body full face portrait of a seated young man, wearing numerous ornaments around his neck.
Beyond him is a large hut, possibly the boys' house on the hill known as a bilu, noted by Evans-Pritchard.
The people of Mughaja hill called themselves Mumugadja and spoke a dialect of Burun.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
?1926 December
Region:
Blue Nile Jebel Mughaja
Group:
Burun (Mughaja)
Publication History:
Contemporary Publication - Reproduced as Plate Va (facing page 34) in E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard's
Ethnological Observations in Dar Fung
, Sudan Notes and Records Vol.XV, Part i, 1932, with the caption 'Mughaja type'.
[Chris Morton 12/2/2004]
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology , Toilet , Ornament , Shelter
Keyword:
Ornament Arm , Ornament Neck , Building House Communal
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"] - 149. Man - front view. (Mughaja). K.6
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "K6"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 149. Man - front view. (Mughaja). K.6
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "K6"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 13/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
