Avokaya grave post
105 x 80 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Silver sulphide staining [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.B.29
Previous Other Number:
VIII 1
Accession Number:
1998.345.47.2
Description:
A carved wooden grave post (lusi) surmounting what looks to be a termite mound grave with stone slabs placed on top.
The Avokaya buried their dead by excavating a shaft down such termitaria in the vicinity of the deceased's compound.
The carved post was set next to the grave as a representation of the deceased, often with a natural knot in the wood used to represent the umbilicus.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Amadi District
Group:
Avokaya
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Death , Carving , Carving
Keyword:
Grave , Grave Marker
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.
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "VIII 1 grave"
Notes on card mount ms pencil - "SSS overall"
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "VIII 1 grave"
Notes on card mount ms pencil - "SSS overall"
Other Information:
This negative and print were originally catalogued as part of the Bongo series.
[Chris Morton 12/3/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 12/3/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
