Zande courtier
104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Sulphide staining and residual chemical staining [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.450
Previous Other Number:
46 (+130)
Accession Number:
1998.341.450.2
Description:
A three-quarter length portrait of a standing man (identified as ga Gangura bakumba, i.e.
a 'bigman' at Prince Gangura's court) wearing barkcloth, straw hat and a pipe at his waist.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology , Barkcloth , Clothing Headgear , Narcotic
Keyword:
Pipe
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)"] - 450. Male type (ga Gangura bakumba). 46 +130
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SS & 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)"] - 450. Male type (ga Gangura bakumba). 46 +130
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SS & RCS 6/87"
Other Information:
In their Zande and English Dictionary (London, The Sheldon Press 1952 [1931], page 6) Canon & Mrs E.C.
Gore note 'Ba, adj.
prefix, denoting bigness or importance....
e.g Bakumba rugute=The chief commandment.' On page 80 they note 'Kumba, n., man'
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 11/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
