?Grave mound in Zandeland

104 x 78 mm | Negative film nitrate

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.799.2 - Print gelatin silver , (104 x 78 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.A.799

Previous Other Number:

?70 (XI 9)

Accession Number:

1998.341.799.1

Description:

A large heap of earth near a settlement which is visible beyond. The heap has been placed over a wooden structure which sticks through it along the sides, and has a forked branch placed near the front, with earth on top of ?thatching grass. This suggests that Zande custom of constructing a hut over a grave before making an earthern heap, later replaced by a stone one at a mortuary ceremony.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1927 - 1930

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Religion , Death , Settlement

Keyword:

Grave

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)

Note on negative m/s ink - "XI 9"

Other Information:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard made at least one journey into the Belgian Congo, and on one occasion a research visit there was shortened by malaria. [CM 28/7/2005]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 11/12/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]