Zande man with two wives

Zande man with two wives
104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Fading [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.301
Previous Other Number:
46 (+68) [frame 4]


Accession Number:
1998.341.301
Description:
A group portrait of a man in barkcloth and straw hat (identified as Ngbitimo or Zambaliru) with two of his wives either side of him. Ngbitimo lived in Prince Rikita's province, and was a friend and informant during Evans-Pritchard's fieldwork among the Azande.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Ngbitimo (Zambaliro)
Publication History:
Contemporary Publication - Reproduced as Plate IVb (facing page 46) in E. E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (OUP 1937), with the caption "Ngbitimo and two of his wives. Medicines can be seen growing in the homestead behind him" [CM 11/8/2005]
Notes:
Biographical Information -It seems as though Zambaliru was an alternative name for Ngbitimo. However, I have followed E-P's published name for this man, who he refers to in at least two places in Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande . For instance on page 343 he states 'When my friend Ngbitimo (see Plate IV), in Rikita's province, incurred the displeasure of his prince...' [CM 11/8/2005]
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Clothing , Social Life
Activity:
Gesturing Hand
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)"] - 301. "Zambaliru" and two of his wives. 46 (+68)

Notes on print/mount - "Zambaliru na adia ko ue" [Zambaliru with two of his wives]

Notes on card mount m/s pencil - ""Zambaliru na adia ko ue" fading 5/88 EE"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 30/10/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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