Zande boy bringing food for a chief

Zande boy bringing food for a chief
140 x 80 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Sulphide staining/fading [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.741
Previous Other Number:
51 3 (+10)


Accession Number:
1998.341.741.2
Description:
A boy (identified as Kunga) carrying an earthenware pot on his head containing food, on his way to a chief's home along a path through the bush.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Kunga
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Pottery , Vessel , Food and Drink
Keyword:
Vessel , Foodstuff
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)"] - 741. Boy bringing food for chief (Kunga) (Large size). 51/3 (+10)

Notes on print/mount - "Kunga 51/3 +10 EPA741"

Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SS upper & LHS + fading"

Other Information:
Since the name Kunga is written on the reverse of the print, I believe the name refers to this boy rather than the chief, as could be inferred from the handlist. [Chris Morton 8/12/2003]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 8/12/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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