Anuak ?grave
60 x 60 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.AK.82
Previous Other Number:
44 3 (165)
Accession Number:
1998.342.82.2
Description:
An earthern mound, probably an unfenced grave of a commoner situated within a homestead adjacent to a hut.
Anuak commoners are buried in a shaft dug in the homestead, with a fence erected around it, the grave itself being kept clean and smoothed with sand.
The image is annotated 'Tudhi' or 'Tudki' which could possibly refer to the deceased's name.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 March - May
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Jonglei
Group:
Anuak
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
?Death , Settlement , Shelter
Keyword:
?Grave , Building House
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 3 165 Tudhi [or Tudki]" [Chris Morton 5/1/2004]
Notes on print/mount - "44 3 165 Tudhi [or Tudki]" [Chris Morton 5/1/2004]
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 70-1, E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard notes that 'Commoners are buried in shafts in the centre of their homesteads.
The face is covered with a skin.
The grave-mounds, often enclosed by a fence, are kept clean and are frequently smoothed with sand.
They sometimes have a small grass shelter erected above them.
Sacrifices may be performed at the side of a grave if it is discovered that the ghost of the dead is causing sickness.'
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 5/1/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
