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Anyuak King


Date of Photo: March-May 1935 by Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Anyuak King

A man seated on the ground near his homestead (identified as King Aguaa-war-Akuon of Obuodhi village) sitting on floor covering, with seated youths to the side. He is wearing the royal strings of beads, which are used to invest all new Anyuak kings, and are identified with the founder of the nobles lineage. It is possible that this occasion was the re-confirmation by the administration and nobles of Aguaa as king in 1935, having first held them in 1932.