Consulting the Zande iwa oracle
104 x 78 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.218.2 - Print gelatin silver , (104 x 78 mm)
1998.341.218.2 - Print gelatin silver , (104 x 78 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.555
Previous Other Number:
52 2 (+34)
Accession Number:
1998.341.555
Description:
A man (identified as Windis or Zori) sitting on the ground within a homestead, operating an iwa (rubbing-board) oracle.
Another rubbing-board can be seen nearby, alongside a gourd dish containing water used in wetting the lid of the rubbing board.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Windis
Publication History:
Contemporary Publication - Reproduced as Plate IIIb (facing page 28) in E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard's article "Oracle Magic of the Azande"
Sudan Notes and Records
, Vol.XI, 1928.
Reproduced as Plate XXIVa (facing page 364) in E. E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (OUP 1937), with the caption 'operating the rubbing-board oracle. (Note the gourd of water to wet the lid and, in the right-hand photograph, a second oracle)' [CM 11/8/2005]
Reproduced as Plate XXIVa (facing page 364) in E. E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (OUP 1937), with the caption 'operating the rubbing-board oracle. (Note the gourd of water to wet the lid and, in the right-hand photograph, a second oracle)' [CM 11/8/2005]
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Religion , Clothing Headgear
Keyword:
Oracle Divination
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)"] - 555. Man consulting iwa oracle. +34
Note on negative m/s ink - "+34"
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)"] - 555. Man consulting iwa oracle. +34
Note on negative m/s ink - "+34"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
