Anuak noble's eating shelter
60 x 60 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.AK.75
Previous Other Number:
44 3 (157)
Accession Number:
1998.342.75.2
Description:
A fenced area of the nobleman Agaanya-war-Uliimi's homestead in Digiira village where food was shared with other nobles guests, known as ajom.
There was often a separated kitchen hut (cut) within or near this area where food was prepared.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 March - May
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Digiira
Group:
Anuak
NamedPerson:
Agaanya-war-Uliimi
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Shelter , Food and Drink , Social Life
Keyword:
Building , Fence
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 - "44 3 157 Agaanya's dining room at Digiira"
Notes on print/mount - "44 3 157 Agaanya's dining room at Digiira"
Other Information:
In The Political System of the Anuak of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (monographs on Social Anthropology no.4, London School of Economics, 1940) page 64-5, E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard notes that 'Every noble has in front of his private quarters (pan duong), where his wives live, a dining-room (ajom) consisting of a rectangular plot of ground surrounded by a grass screen.
There is generally an entrance at each end and a recess, usually occupied by a kitchen hut (cut).
Here the noble shares his meals with any other nobles living in his village and entertains noble visitors.' [Chris Morton 22/12/2003]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 22/12/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
