Hut of Zande Prince's servants
104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Silver sulphide staining [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.558
Previous Other Number:
A.III 12 (96)
Accession Number:
1998.341.558.2
Description:
A view across part of the central yard (vurukporo) of Prince Rikita's compound towards a temporary hut built by Prince Rikita for his servants, with long eaves almost touching the ground.
It has a grass door to cover the entrance through the eaves, with two youths visible near it.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
Notes:
Three photographs from the A.III film (exposures 6,7,8) [1998.341.521,.523 & .525] were evidently taken just before the one published (exposure 9) as Plate II in Evans-Pritchard's article "The Dance"
Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
, Vol.1, No.4 (Oct., 1928) p.456, with the caption "Part of the Crowd".
This article drew upon his first fieldwork expedition of 1927.
[Chris Morton 11/10/2005]
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Shelter , Settlement
Keyword:
Building House
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)"] - 558. Servants hut at Rikita's home. AIII/12 (96)
Notes on print/mount - "Temporary house put up for servants by Rikita. 96 AIII/12 EPA 558"
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SSS lower RHS 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)"] - 558. Servants hut at Rikita's home. AIII/12 (96)
Notes on print/mount - "Temporary house put up for servants by Rikita. 96 AIII/12 EPA 558"
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SSS lower RHS 8.89"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
