Man of Ulu hill

100 x 75 mm | Print gelatin silver

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.D.171

Previous Other Number:

O 11

Accession Number:

1998.344.171.2

Description:

A three-quarter length portrait of a man wearing dammur cloth, photographed by Evans-Pritchard during his brief two day visit to the hill, the peoples of which speak a dialect of Burun. He also noted however that some people identified themselves as an exogenous group known as Fuin, who formed an aristocratic group with a 'king' who was frequently in danger of regicide from other potential leaders. But this group seems mostly to have been absorbed by Burun.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1926 December

Region:

Blue Nile Jebel Ulu

Group:

Burun

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Physical Anthropology , Clothing , Ornament

Keyword:

Ornament Neck

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"] - 171. Male type. (Ulu). O. 11

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "O.11"

Other Information:

In Ethnological Observations in Dar Fung, Sudan Notes and Records Vol.XV, Part i, 1932 p. 13, E. E. Evans-Pritchard notes that 'Linguistically the inhabitants of Ulu come into a group of Burun languages, and there can be little doubt that the Fuin as a physical and cultural type, whatever that may have been, and if indeed there ever was a distinct physical and cultural type which can be so labelled, has been absorbed by Burun.' [Chris Morton 16/2/2004]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 16/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]