Ingessana boys playing mancala
103 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.344.20.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
1998.344.20.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.D.20
Previous Other Number:
BB 6
Accession Number:
1998.344.20.2
Description:
Three boys (two wearing arabic-style headdresses and clothes) playing the game known as mongalla or mancala near a hut wall, using small pockets scooped out of the earth to hold the pieces.
Versions of this game are found in most parts of Africa and it involves players transferring tokens along holes to capture the opponents tokens opposite.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1926 November - December
Region:
Blue Nile Tabi Hills ?Soda
Group:
Ingessana (Gaam)
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Toy & Game , Recreation , Clothing , Shelter
Keyword:
Game Board , Building House
Documentation:
Original catalogue lists in Manuscript Collections. Additional material in related documents files. [CM 27/9/2005]
Primary Documentation:
PRM Accession Records - Accession Book Entry [p.
98] 1966.27 [1 - 24] G[ift] PROFESSOR E.
E.
EVANS-PRITCHARD; INST.
OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 51 BANBURY RD.
OXFORD - 1966.27.19 - S.
SUDAN, DARFUNG.
VARIOUS TRIBES.
Box of negatives in envelopes, [1 - 242] & 1966.27.20 - Box of prints of these negatives [refers to object 1966.27.19] [1 - 242], in envelopes.
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 20. Playing hole game. BB. 6
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Boys playing mongalla BB-6 EPD20"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 20. Playing hole game. BB. 6
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Boys playing mongalla BB-6 EPD20"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 28/1/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
