Anuak magic bundle
82 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.342.108.1 - Negative film nitrate , (82 x 55 mm)
1998.342.108.1 - Negative film nitrate , (82 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.AK.108
Previous Other Number:
19 189
Accession Number:
1998.342.108.2
Description:
A vertical bundle of tied grasses set in a compound near the entrance to a hut, possible to counteract the nocturnal activities of witches, who it is believed make trouble by entering the homestead after dark to bewitch its members, usually by touching or rubbing the body or objects.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 March - May
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Obuodhi
Group:
Anuak
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Religion , Ritual Object , Shelter
Keyword:
Building House , Storage Crop , Building Storage
Primary Documentation:
PRM Accession Records - Accession Book Entry [p.
98] 1966.27 [1 - 24] G[ift] PROFESSOR E.
E.
EVANS-PRITCHARD; INST.
OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 51 BANBURY RD.
OXFORD - 1966.27.19 - S.
SUDAN, DARFUNG.
VARIOUS TRIBES.
Box of negatives in envelopes, [1 - 242] & 1966.27.20 - Box of prints of these negatives [refers to object 1966.27.19] [1 - 242], in envelopes.
Notes on print/mount - "19 189 Bundle of grass magic"
Notes on print/mount - "19 189 Bundle of grass magic"
Other Information:
Anuak beliefs concerning the activities of witches are briefly discussed in Conradin Perner, The Anyuak - Living on Earth in the Sky Vol.1 The Sphere of Spirituality (Basel, 1994) pp.181-186.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 7/1/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
