Zande boys playing spear game
64 x 41 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.424.2 - Print gelatin silver , (61 x 40 mm)
1998.341.424.2 - Print gelatin silver , (61 x 40 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.424
Previous Other Number:
29 3
Accession Number:
1998.341.424.1
Description:
A boy (identifed as Zakiri) with a white hat (possibly arab influence) and carrying a maize cob, throwing a spear-like stick towards a hoop target (out of frame), a game in which spear throwing skills were honed through competition amongst peers.
A boy named Zakiri worked for Evans-Pritchard as a household servant during his fieldwork.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Zakiri
Notes:
In
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande
(OUP 1937, p.460) E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard notes 'The uncle of one of my servants, Zakiri, broke the sex-taboo...' [CM 14/07/2006]
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Weapon , Toy & Game , Clothing Headgear
Keyword:
[Spear]
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)"] - 424. Boys (Zakili and others) playing hoop game. (Small size). 29/3
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)"] - 424. Boys (Zakili and others) playing hoop game. (Small size). 29/3
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 10/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
