Zande courtier with knife of office
104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Silver sulphide staining/ tear [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.620
Previous Other Number:
A.IV 8 (96)
Accession Number:
1998.341.620.2
Description:
A portrait of a man of Prince Rikita's court (identified as Gbarika) sitting on a low bench-stool (kitikpara) with a dog beneath wearing a straw hat and holding a deputy's knife of office (mambere).
Other men (including Pangua?) are in the background.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Gbarika
Notes:
Film A.IV contains two photographs [1998.341.526 & .527] relating to a dance at Prince Rikita's also found in films A.II and A.III, photographs from which were published by Evans-Pritchard in 1928 in his article "The Dance"
Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
, Vol.1, No.4 (Oct., 1928), drawing on his first 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:
Weapon , Clothing Headgear
Keyword:
Knife
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)"] - 620. Chief's deputy with knife of office. (Gbarika). (96) AIII/8
Notes on print/mount - "96 AIV/8 EPA620 n . gbarika"
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "Tear upper LHS SSS lower half n . gbarika"
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)"] - 620. Chief's deputy with knife of office. (Gbarika). (96) AIII/8
Notes on print/mount - "96 AIV/8 EPA620 n . gbarika"
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "Tear upper LHS SSS lower half n . gbarika"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 27/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
