Preparation of Zande Bingiya medicine

104 x 78 mm | Negative film nitrate

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.211.2 - Print gelatin silver , (104 x 78 mm)
1998.341.211.3 - Print gelatin silver , (104 x 78 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.A.211

Previous Other Number:

92 3 (13) [frame 1, 2 or 3]

Accession Number:

1998.341.211.1

Description:

A man at the home of Bambatu seated on a stool wearing a straw hat and barkcloth loincloth, tending an earthenware cooking pot on a small fire containing Bingiya (Bingia) medicine. This medicine was one of the most important of hunting medicines, although it was believed to have other effects also. Bambatu is the man to the right.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1927 - 1930

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio

Group:

Zande

NamedPerson:

Bambatu

Publication History:

Contemporary Publication - Reproduced as Plate XXVI (facing page 426) In Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (OUP 1937), with the caption "Stirring and addressing bingiya medicine"

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Ritual , Plant Use , Fire , Clothing Headgear

Keyword:

Vessel , Plant , Fire Accessory

Activity:

Ritual Activity

Documentation:

Original catalogue lists in Manuscript Collections. Additional material in related documents files. [CM 27/9/2005]

Primary Documentation:

PRM Accession Records - [1966.27.21] G PROFESSOR E. E. EVANS-PRITCHARD; INST. OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 51 BANBURY RD. OXFORD - S. SUDAN, AZANDE TRIBE. Box of negatives in envelopes. Nos. 1 - 400
Added Accession Book Entry - [In pencil in column] Catalogue room.
[1966.27.23] G PROFESSOR E. E. EVANS-PRITCHARD; INST. OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 51 BANBURY RD. OXFORD - S. SUDAN, AZANDE TRIBE. Box of prints in envelopes, nos. 1 - 400 (prints of negatives in 1966.27.21)

Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Zande Photographs (E-P)"] - 211. Stirring Bingiya magic at Bambatus' homestead. 92/3 (13)

Note on negative m/s ink - "13"

Other Information:

Ethnographic context - In Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (OUP 1937, page 440) E. E. Evans-Pritchard notes that 'bingiya medicine... is primarily a hunting medicine, but it is also believed to attract retainers, to entice women, to ensure a good catch of termites, and to guarantee a fruitful yield of eleusine... when bingiya medicine is cooked they address it about the welfare of the household, especially with regard to their hunting.' See also [1998.341.206 & .241] [Chris Morton 23/10/2003]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 23/10/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]