Beli rainmaker
97 x 71 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.Misc.13
Previous Other Number:
63 2 [frame 12]; ?Moro handlist no. 274-276
Accession Number:
1998.353.14.2
Description:
A full length portrait of two men in a homestead.
The man to the left is probably Totio the Beli rainmaker, wearing a white Arab-style tunic (gallabiya), holding a fly-whisk and staff, and wearing a fez.
The man to the right is in colonial service dress, with a military or police style jacket and hat.
Evans-Pritchard visited Totio's homestead on April 4th during the dry season, and was given a demonstration of the efficacy of special horns blown by the rain-maker, after which rain unexpectedly fell.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
?1927
Region:
[Southern Sudan] El Buheyrat Toinya
Group:
Beli [Rumbek Jur]
NamedPerson:
Totio
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Clothing , Colonial , Clothing Accessory
Keyword:
Uniform , Fly Whisk
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 "Moro"] - 274-276. Rainmaker
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "63/2"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Moro"] - 274-276. Rainmaker
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "63/2"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [9/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
