?Grave mound in Zandeland
104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.799.1 - Negative film nitrate , (104 x 78 mm)
1998.341.799.1 - Negative film nitrate , (104 x 78 mm)
Condition:
Sulphide staining [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.799
Previous Other Number:
?70 (XI 9)
Accession Number:
1998.341.799.2
Description:
A large heap of earth near a settlement which is visible beyond.
The heap has been placed over a wooden structure which sticks through it along the sides, and has a forked branch placed near the front, with earth on top of ?thatching grass.
This suggests that Zande custom of constructing a hut over a grave before making an earthern heap, later replaced by a stone one at a mortuary ceremony.
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 , Death , Settlement
Keyword:
Grave
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 - "XI-9 (?7)0"
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SS(RCS?) spot upper LHS 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 - "XI-9 (?7)0"
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SS(RCS?) spot upper LHS 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]
