Group of Zande men
140 x 80 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.665.2 - Print gelatin silver , (140 x 80 mm)
1998.341.665.2 - Print gelatin silver , (140 x 80 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.665
Previous Other Number:
83 10 (+79)
Accession Number:
1998.341.665.1
Description:
A group of men standing around a car, the wheel of which is visible to the right.
The man in the European clothes and Zande hat is identified as Akoavungara and the man to the right in an Arabic-style tunic is identified as Abrahim.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Akoavungara, Abrahim
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Clothing , Transport
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)"] - 665. Group of men (Akoavungara and Abrahim) (Large size) 83/10 (+79)
Note on negative m/s ink - "+79"
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)"] - 665. Group of men (Akoavungara and Abrahim) (Large size) 83/10 (+79)
Note on negative m/s ink - "+79"
Other Information:
In The Azande (OUP 1971, page 388) E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard notes that Akoavongara was another name of Ngindö (son of Yakpati?).
With such a name, the man in this image is certainly a Vongara, but doesn't seem to be mentioned in the literature as a son of any of the prince's visited by Evans-Pritchard.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 2/12/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
