?Ingessana ritual carvings

?Ingessana ritual carvings
103 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Fading [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.D.209
Previous Other Number:
29


Accession Number:
1998.344.209.1
Description:
Two wooden carvings of human figures and a phallus leaning against a house wall, all probably used as part of the Ingessana calk group activities. This community group led by a hereditary female ritual expert (tau:n) was primarily concerned with the promotion of life forces in the community (hence their ribaldry and disorganisation) and specifically with children, twins and marriage.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1926 November - December
Region:
Blue Nile Tabi Hills ?Soda
Group:
?Ingessana (Gaam)
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Religion , Ritual , Carving
Keyword:
Figure
Documentation:
Original catalogue lists in Manuscript Collections. Additional material in related documents files. [CM 27/9/2005]
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.

Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 209. Carved human figures. 29

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "29"

Recorder:
Christopher Morton 23/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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