Ingessana ritual carving

Ingessana ritual carving
103 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.344.94.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.D.94
Previous Other Number:
G 4


Accession Number:
1998.344.94.2
Description:
A side view of a wooden carving (incorporating human hair and called kai i calk) used as part of the calk group activities in Baw, a community group led by a hereditary female ritual expert (tau:n) that 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 Baw
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 , Hair
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"] - 94. Carved wooden figure. G. 4

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "same - side view - (note human hair) G4"

Other Information:
According to Dr. Charles Jedrej kai i calk (noted by E-P on the print reverse) could mean 'the calk's diviner' ie the diviner for the calk (group) (see RDF for correspondence of 9.2.2004) [Chris Morton 9/2/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 9/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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