Portrait of a Zande girl
104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.514.1 - Negative film nitrate , (104 x 78 mm)
1998.341.514.1 - Negative film nitrate , (104 x 78 mm)
Condition:
Silver sulphide staining [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.514
Previous Other Number:
92 1 (37) [frame 10]
Accession Number:
1998.341.514.2
Description:
A portrait of a standing girl (identified as Naibani) wearing a cotton waist cloth and hair ornaments, with a grass-walled hut (nanduruge) in the backgound.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Naibani
Notes:
Evidence suggests that this is part of the 92 1 film [Chris Morton 5.3.2006]
This may be the Naibani or Nabani, the first wife of Kamanga, who is mentioned on p.40-42 of E. E. Evans-Pritchard's article 'Oracle Magic of the Zande' Sudan Notes and Records , Vol.XI, 1928. Kamanga's marriage to Nabani was never fully agreed since benge consultations consistently declared against the union, and she eventually returned to her brother's homestead (her father was deceased). [CM 21/07/2006]
This may be the Naibani or Nabani, the first wife of Kamanga, who is mentioned on p.40-42 of E. E. Evans-Pritchard's article 'Oracle Magic of the Zande' Sudan Notes and Records , Vol.XI, 1928. Kamanga's marriage to Nabani was never fully agreed since benge consultations consistently declared against the union, and she eventually returned to her brother's homestead (her father was deceased). [CM 21/07/2006]
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology , Clothing , Ornament
Keyword:
Ornament Hair , Textile
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)"] - 514. Girl (Naibani). 37
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SSS overall 8.89"
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)"] - 514. Girl (Naibani). 37
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SSS overall 8.89"
Other Information:
This image is a very similar portrait to that of Namarusu [EPA.230] reproduced as the frontispiece to The Azande (OUP 1971) (missing from collection) which suggests that they may have been taken at the same time and thus both belong to film "1".
There is no further information on the print reverse.
[Chris Morton 14/11/2003]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 14/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
