Ingessana grave

103 x 76 mm | Negative film nitrate

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.344.101.2 - Print gelatin silver , (103 x 76 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.D.101

Previous Other Number:

DD 6

Accession Number:

1998.344.101.1

Description:

A series of stones arranged in a circle over the grave of a person identified by Evans-Pritchard as Foda. The grave was located very near to the enclosure of huts belonging to Chief Nurufa of the JokTau people of Soda district, inside the area of cultivations (kal). Evans-Pritchard notes that persons who died away from their homes were buried at the place of their death. In this image it is clear that digging sticks have been placed on the grave.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1926 November - December

Region:

Blue Nile Tabi Hills Soda

Group:

Ingessana (Gaam)

NamedPerson:

Foda

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Death

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.

Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 101. Grave. D.D.6

Note on negative scratched - "DD-6"

Other Information:

In A Preliminary Account of the Ingassana Tribe in Fung Province, Sudan Notes and Records X, 1927, page 83, E. E. Evans-Pritchard notes that 'A man who dies away from home is buried in the place of his death, and there is a ceremony to bring his spirit back to his own house. Therefore if a woman is ill, she will go away from her husband's house to that of her parents. The dead are placed in a plain grave with a broken spear, a little tobacco sometimes being added. When completed, stones are placed round the grave, and the dead man's angarib, if he had one, is placed on top. Failing an angarib, digging sticks are placed on top.' [Chris Morton 4/2/2004]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 10/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]