Portrait of a Zande woman
104 x 78 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.454.2 - Print gelatin silver , (104 x 78 mm)
1998.341.454.2 - Print gelatin silver , (104 x 78 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.454
Previous Other Number:
83 B (+162) [frame 1]
Accession Number:
1998.341.454.1
Description:
A portrait of a seated young woman (identified as unvuru fu Naibani, i.e.
an elder sister of Naibani) with scarification patterns on her chest and abdomen.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
unvuru fu Naibani
Notes:
This may be the sister of Naibani or Nabani, the first wife of Kamanga, who is mentioned on p.40-42 of E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard's article 'Oracle Magic of the Zande'
Sudan Notes and Records
, Vol.XI, 1928.
Kamanga's marriage to Nabani was never fully agreed since
benge
consultations consistently declared against the union, and she eventually returned to her brother's homestead (her father was deceased).
[CM 21/07/2006]
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology , Body Art , Ornament
Keyword:
Body Art Skin , Ornament Hair , Ornament Arm
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)"] - 454. female type (unvuru fu Naibani). 83/B (+162)
Note on negative m/s ink - "+162"
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)"] - 454. female type (unvuru fu Naibani). 83/B (+162)
Note on negative m/s ink - "+162"
Other Information:
In their Zande and English Dictionary (London, The Sheldon Press 1952 [1931], page 6) Canon & Mrs E.C.
Gore note 'unvuru, n., elder brother (as between men), elder sister (as between women).
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 11/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
