Zande men
104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Very slight fading [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.288
Previous Other Number:
7 (129) [frame 8]
Accession Number:
1998.341.288.2
Description:
A group of men (the centre one looking towards his feet identified as Tupoi) two with brimmed straw hats (kisikindi), and in the foreground some large wooden vessels.
Beyond is a large meeting shelter (possibly type known as baruti).
This may indicate that the image was taken at Gangura's court.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Tupoi
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Shelter , Clothing Headgear , Ornament
Keyword:
Building , Ornament Neck
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)"] - 288. Men (Tupoi and two others). 7. (129)
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "v slight fading 5/88 EE"
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)"] - 288. Men (Tupoi and two others). 7. (129)
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "v slight fading 5/88 EE"
Other Information:
In The Azande (OUP, 1971, page 71) E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard notes that whilst the earliest noted Mbomu hats were brimless straw hats with plumes called kutuku, "the hat which is today fashionable, and has been for some years, is of much the same shape but with two new features: black lateral patterns, often wavy lines, and a broad brim, the first being copied from the Mangbetu and the second from the earliest Europeans." In Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (OUP 1937, page 114) E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard notes that 'One of those whom I knew well was my friend Tupoi of the Amozungu clan, a prominent figure at the court of Gangura...
believed by every one to be a witch of long standing and of great prestige in the witch council.' See also [1998.341.106 & .269] Please note that although the handlist notes the film number as "7(129)" the back of the print has a crossed out "5".
Since this image is a companion image of [1998.341.269] which has the film number 5(130) I have therefore reidentified this image as belonging to that film.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 30/10/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
