Zande boy

104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.A.580

Previous Other Number:

52 (+33)

Accession Number:

1998.341.580.2

Description:

A portrait of a small boy (identified as Batibanga) wearing a beaded strung neck ornament, with a man standing behind him with a hand on the child's shoulder and head, probably keeping the head turned to one side at the instruction of the photographer. The boy's abdomen is slightly distended, probably a result of a degree of malnutrition.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1927 - 1930

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio

Group:

Zande

NamedPerson:

Batibanga

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Physical Anthropology , Ornament

Keyword:

Ornament Neck

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)"] - 580. Small boy (Batibanga). +33

Notes on print/mount - "+33 5 EPA580"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 25/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]