Evans-Pritchard's servant Mekana
104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Slight residual chemical staining [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.370
Previous Other Number:
52 4 (+2)
Accession Number:
1998.341.370
Description:
A portrait of Mekana, a son of the courtier Ongosi, wearing an arabic-style white tunic and waistcoat.
Mekana was, along with Kamanga, one of Evans-Pritchard's personal servants during his fieldwork among the Azande.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Mekana wiri Ongosi
Publication History:
Contemporary Publication - Reproduced as Plate XVIII (facing page 260) in E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard's
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande
(OUP 1937), with caption "Mekana, son of Ongosi" [CM 11/8/2005]
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology , Clothing
Keyword:
Uniform
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)"] - 370. Makana in European dress. 4(+2)
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "slight rcs 6/87"
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)"] - 370. Makana in European dress. 4(+2)
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "slight rcs 6/87"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 4/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
