Evans-Pritchard's Zande servants in Nuerland

Evans-Pritchard's Zande servants in Nuerland
61 x 40 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.89
Previous Other Number:
16 (88)


Accession Number:
1998.346.89.2
Description:
Evans-Pritchard's two Zande servants Mekana (seated) and Kamanga (standing) who accompanied him in Nuerland in the early part of 1930, with various cooking equipment set up within a windscreen, including two pails for collecting water, a kettle on the fire and other camping pots.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
?1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] ?Wahda ?Jonglei
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Mekana, Kamanga
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Animal Husbandry , Settlement , Shelter
Keyword:
Animal Cattle , Building House
Documentation:
Original catalogue lists in Manuscript Collections. Additional material in related documents files. [CM 27/9/2005]
Primary Documentation:
Accession Book Entry: [p. 98] 1966.27 [1 - 24] G[ift] PROFESSOR E. E. EVANS-PRITCHARD; INST. OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 51 BANBURY RD. OXFORD 1966.27.17 S. SUDAN. NUER TRIBE. Box of negatives each in separate envelope, labelled. (some missing). Nos. 1 - 213. (prints in box 1966.27.18)...1966.27.18 S. SUDAN. NUER TRIBE. Box of prints each in separate envelope. Nos. 1 - 213. (negatives in 1966.27.17.)

Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Nuer Photographs (E-P)"] - 89. Out kitchen. (S.) [Large size] (88)

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "16 88
89 "

Other Information:
In The Nuer (Oxford University Press, 1940) page 10, E. E. Evans-Pritchard notes that 'After leaving Leek country I went with Nhial and my two Zande servants to Lou country. We motored to Muot Dit ..' [Chris Morton 7/4/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 7/4/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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