Zande smith with iron ore
90 x 80 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.616.1 - Negative film nitrate , (104 x 78 mm)
1998.341.616.1 - Negative film nitrate , (104 x 78 mm)
Condition:
Silver sulphide staining [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.616
Previous Other Number:
52 (+32)
Accession Number:
1998.341.616.2
Description:
A man holding up a lump of iron ore.
Smelting of iron ore seems to have been uncommon by the mid 1920s due to the availability of trade iron, but smith working of metal was still frequently practised.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Raw Material , Metalwork
Keyword:
Metal Iron
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)"] - 616. Smith holding iron ore. +32
Notes on print/mount - "52 +32 EPA616"
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)"] - 616. Smith holding iron ore. +32
Notes on print/mount - "52 +32 EPA616"
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SSS overall 8.89"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 27/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
