Zande boy playing monochord instrument

104 x 78 mm | Negative film nitrate

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.A.475

Accession Number:

1998.341.475

Description:

A boy (identified as Bisa) sitting on the ground playing an improvised single stringed instrument, consisting of a long stick bent over with a string attached, which is fastened to the ground. A varied pitch of note is probably achieved by varying the tension of the string at the top, with the left hand.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1927 - 1930

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio

Group:

Zande

NamedPerson:

Bisa

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Music

Keyword:

Musical Instrument String

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)"] - 475. Boy (Bisa) playing simple musical instrument. 2

Other Information:

This no. 2 refers to the film roll no., but is not an E-P film number identifier.

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 13/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]