Zande hut roof construction

140 x 80 mm | Negative film nitrate

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.666.2 - Print gelatin silver , (140 x 80 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.A.666

Previous Other Number:

83 5 (+119)

Accession Number:

1998.341.666.1

Description:

A youth (unidentified) working grass thatch onto the framework of a hut roof laid on the ground. The grass used for thatching is known as bingba (Imperata cylindrica).

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:

Shelter , Plant Use

Keyword:

Building House

Activity:

Constructing

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)"] - 666. Thatching (Large size) 83/5 (+119)

Note on negative m/s ink - "+119"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 2/12/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]