Ingessana fire-making
103 x 76 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Same Image As:
1998.344.22.2
Previous PRM Number:
EP.D.230
Previous Other Number:
CC 5
Accession Number:
1998.344.230
Description:
A man seated in a squat position rubbing a stick (the saw) between his hands to produce fire by friction with another piece of wood (the hearth).
He is identified as Adumfa, one of Evans-Pritchard's Ingessana informants, and is wearing sandals as well as neck ornaments.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1926 November - December
Region:
Blue Nile Tabi Hills
Group:
Ingessana (Gaam)
NamedPerson:
Adumfa
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Fire , Clothing , Ornament
Keyword:
Fire Accessory , Ornament Neck
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"] - 230. Man making fire. CC.5
Note on negative scratched - "CC-5"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 230. Man making fire. CC.5
Note on negative scratched - "CC-5"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 24/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
