Zande abinza (witchdoctors) dancing
104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.215a
Previous Other Number:
92 6 (11) [frame 6]
Accession Number:
1998.341.215.3
Description:
A large gathering of abinza (witchdoctors) held in Evans-Pritchard's own compound on the occasion of the initiation of a new member, Evans-Pritchard's servant Kamanga, which facilitated the gathering of data on the abinza corporation.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
?1928 - 1929
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Kamanga
Publication History:
Contemporary Publication - Reproduced as Plate XVI (facing page 196) in E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard's
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande
(OUP 1937), with the caption "Witch-doctors dancing round a hole in which Kamanga is to be buried"
Reproduced as Plate XXX Fig 1 in E. E. Evans-Pritchard's article 'The Zande Corporation of Witchdoctors', JRAI Vol. LXII, 1932, with the caption 'Fig.1 - Witchdoctors dancing round a hole in which a novice is to be partially buried at initiation. On the left are gong and drums.' [Chris Morton 15/11/2004]
Reproduced as Plate XXX Fig 1 in E. E. Evans-Pritchard's article 'The Zande Corporation of Witchdoctors', JRAI Vol. LXII, 1932, with the caption 'Fig.1 - Witchdoctors dancing round a hole in which a novice is to be partially buried at initiation. On the left are gong and drums.' [Chris Morton 15/11/2004]
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Clothing Ritual , Religion , Ritual
Keyword:
Headdress
Activity:
Ritual Activity
Event:
Ceremony Initiation , Dance
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)"] - 215. Witchdoctors dancing. 92/6 (11)
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "EPA215 92/6 11" [Chris Morton 17/11/2004]
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)"] - 215. Witchdoctors dancing. 92/6 (11)
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "EPA215 92/6 11" [Chris Morton 17/11/2004]
Other Information:
Ethnographic context - A detailed account of the ritual burial ceremony as part of the training of a binza novice is found on pages 154-157 of E.E.
Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (OUP 1937).
On page 239 E-P states that the photographs of Kamanga's ritual burial were taken immediately outside his own hut 'which accounts for the spaciousness of the scene and for the unusual number of magicians present.' Kamanga himself gives an account of his ritual burial initiation experience on page 241.
[Chris Morton 16/10/2003]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 23/10/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
