Evans-Pritchard with Mekana and Kamanga
104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.468.1 - Negative film nitrate , (104 x 78 mm)
1998.341.468.1 - Negative film nitrate , (104 x 78 mm)
Condition:
Hole, scuff, tear [CM 27/7/2005]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.468
Previous Other Number:
46 (+65) [frame 7]
Accession Number:
1998.341.468.2
Description:
A group portrait with Evans-Pritchard in the centre, with his hands holding the necks of his servant Mekana (left) and Kamanga, described as his cook and house-boy.
According to Evans-Pritchard both were sons of courtiers and therefore members of the Zande elite.
Kamanga became a binza or witchdoctor initiate as Evans-Pritchard attempted to gain more information about the witchdoctor corporation.
Photographer:
Unknown, for E. E. Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Mekana, Kamanga
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Clothing , Body Language , Colonial , Narcotic
Keyword:
Pipe
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)"] - 468. Self and Makana and Kamanga. 46 (+65)
Notes on print/mount - "+65 46 EPA 468"
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "hole l.rh, scuff l.lh, tear u.lh 6/87"
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)"] - 468. Self and Makana and Kamanga. 46 (+65)
Notes on print/mount - "+65 46 EPA 468"
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "hole l.rh, scuff l.lh, tear u.lh 6/87"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 12/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
