Bongo cemetery with carvings

Bongo cemetery with carvings
103 x 75 mm |
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.343.27.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 75 mm)
Date of Print:
1983
Previous PRM Number:
EP.B.27


Accession Number:
1998.343.27.2
Description:
A carving of the likeness of a deceased person with tally notches beneath showing the numbers of large animals killed by the person buried beneath. Evans-Pritchard mentions that the Bongo no longer surrounded their graves with a stake fence to contain a stone grave mound, but that it was the normal practice for their Belanda neighbours.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1929 March
Region:
[Southern Sudan] El Buheyrat
Group:
?Belanda
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Death , Carving
Keyword:
Grave , Grave Marker , Memorial , 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 - "PRM 1983"

Other Information:
In "The Bongo" (Sudan Notes and Records Vol.XII Part I 1929 page 34) E. E. Evans-Pritchard notes that 'My informants admitted the truth of Schweinfurth's statement that in the old days a heap of stones in a cylindrical form was erected over the grave, and that this was supported by a circle of strong stakes (XII, i, 303). But this is no longer practised to-day, because say the Bongo, the white ants eat the stakes and, in consequence, the heap of stones falls down, so they gave it up and simply build a pile of stones instead. The old stake-supported grave, called roti in Bongo, is still to be seen amongst the neighbouring Bellanda (Bor) amongst whom it is the normal grave-form. In this type of grave the stakes are erected first and the stone heap is piled within the circuit.' [Chris Morton 16/1/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 16/1/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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