Zande termite gathering

104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.147.1 - Negative film nitrate , (104 x 78 mm)

Condition:

Residual chemical staining spot [EE 1989]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.A.147

Previous Other Number:

61 2 (106) [frame 4]

Accession Number:

1998.341.147.2

Description:

Three male youths in a line setting off to catch asua termites, with baskets for catching them on their heads (probably type known as tokporo, a funnel-shaped basket of leaves).

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1927 - 1930

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio

Group:

Zande

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Gathering , Basketry

Keyword:

Trap

Documentation:

Original catalogue lists in Manuscript Collections. Additional material in related documents files. [CM 27/9/2005]

Primary Documentation:

PRM Accession Records - [1966.27.21] G PROFESSOR E. E. EVANS-PRITCHARD; INST. OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 51 BANBURY RD. OXFORD - S. SUDAN, AZANDE TRIBE. Box of negatives in envelopes. Nos. 1 - 400
Added Accession Book Entry - [In pencil in column] Catalogue room.
[1966.27.23] G PROFESSOR E. E. EVANS-PRITCHARD; INST. OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 51 BANBURY RD. OXFORD - S. SUDAN, AZANDE TRIBE. Box of prints in envelopes, nos. 1 - 400 (prints of negatives in 1966.27.21)

Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Zande Photographs (E-P)"] - 147. Youths with basket work for catching asua termites. 61/2 (106)

Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "rcs spot 12/11/86 EE"

Other Information:

This image was taken immediately prior to [1998.341.148] [Chris Morton 15/10/2003]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 15/10/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]