Mangbetu woman and child
104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Silver sulphide staining [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.798
Previous Other Number:
03 (212)
Accession Number:
1998.341.798.2
Description:
A woman holding a child on her hip with a mat behind her.
The child has its head bound in Mangbetu fashion with a wide band of material to elongate the cranium.
The woman's head also takes this elongated shape, although it is less clear.
To the bottom left is a section of netting with stone weights, suggesting fishing activity close by.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Group:
Mangbetu
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Religion , Ritual , Communication , Plant Use
Keyword:
Building Religious , Plant , Road
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)
Notes on print/mount - "03 212"
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)
Notes on print/mount - "03 212"
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SSS overall 8.89"
Other Information:
E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard made at least one journey into the Belgian Congo, and on one occasion a research visit there was shortened by malaria.
[CM 28/7/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 11/12/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
