Zande smelting kiln

104 x 78 mm | Negative film nitrate

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.589.2 - Print gelatin silver , (104 x 78 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.A.589

Previous Other Number:

52 (+26)

Accession Number:

1998.341.589.1

Description:

A funnel-like clay kiln with apertures at the base and some lumps of ore. Smelting of iron ore seems to have been uncommon by the mid 1920s due to the availability of trade iron.

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:

Metalwork

Keyword:

Kiln

Activity:

Firing

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)"] - 589. Smelting kiln. +26 (52)

Note on negative m/s ink - "+26"

Other Information:

In Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (OUP 1937, page 94) E. E. Evans-Pritchard notes that 'Smelting of iron was an almost dead technique in my day, trade iron having rendered the exacting labour of working local ores unnecessary, but smithery was still required and was commonly practised.'

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 25/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]