Portrait of a Zande girl
104 x 78 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.501.2 - Print gelatin silver , (104 x 78 mm)
1998.341.501.2 - Print gelatin silver , (104 x 78 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.501
Previous Other Number:
52 4 (+12) [frame 12]
Accession Number:
1998.341.501.1
Description:
A head and shoulders full face portrait of a girl (identified as Naibani) wearing a dress and neck ornament, her hair styled into two sections on the crown.
On her cheek are three short cicatrices.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Naibani
Notes:
This may be the Naibani or Nabani, the first wife of Kamanga, who is mentioned on p.40-42 of E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard's article 'Oracle Magic of the Zande'
Sudan Notes and Records
, Vol.XI, 1928.
Kamanga's marriage to Nabani was never fully agreed since
benge
consultations consistently declared against the union, and she eventually returned to her brother's homestead (her father was deceased).
[CM 21/07/2006]
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology , Clothing , Ornament , Toilet , Body Art
Keyword:
Ornament Neck , Hair , Body Art Skin
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)"] - 501. Girl (Naibani). +12
Note on negative m/s ink - "+12"
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)"] - 501. Girl (Naibani). +12
Note on negative m/s ink - "+12"
Other Information:
There is a pencil number on the print reverse "52/4"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 14/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
