Zande roof construction
104 x 78 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.155.2 - Print gelatin silver , (104 x 78 mm)
1998.341.155.2 - Print gelatin silver , (104 x 78 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.155
Previous Other Number:
23-2 [frame 10]
Accession Number:
1998.341.155.1
Description:
A youth (identified as Makana) tieing thatching supports to the rafters of a hut (of the type known as gbuguru or gbasendeyo) which has already had its clay walls constructed.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Makana
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Shelter
Keyword:
Building House
Activity:
Constructing
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)"] - 155. Youth building hut (showing method of building). 23-2
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)"] - 155. Youth building hut (showing method of building). 23-2
Other Information:
In The Azande (OUP, 1971), page 89, E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard notes that 'the old Mbomu walled dwelling hut, which is still the most usual habitation in Gbudwe's old kingdom, the gbuguru or gbasendeyo, is a hut with solid mud walls-the only wood used in them being the lintels-but lacking a clay foundation.
My informants added that, compared with today, there were very few of these well-made huts in past times.' In The Heart of Africa (London 1873, vol ii page 287) Georg Schweinfurth notes that 'the conical roofs are higher and more pointed than those of the Bongo and Dinka, having a projection beyond the clay walls of the hut, which affords a good shelter from the rain.
This projection is supported by posts, which give the whole building the semblance of being surrounded by a verandah.
The huts that are used for cooking have roofs still more pointed than those which serve for sleeping.' [Chris Morton 10/10/2003] E-P's caption for a related image [1998.341.23] notes that the youth's name is Makana.
[Chris Morton 9/10/2003] See also [1998.341.23, .36 & .77] [Chris Morton 10/10/2003]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 15/10/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
