Moro Meza grave

82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass

MountDimension:

82 x 82 mm

Condition:

horizontal crack near top [Chris Morton 18/10/2004]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous Other Number:

V.h.26

Accession Number:

1967.26.289

Description:

The grave of a man or woman next to a hut, being of the type known as dolmen with a flat horizontal stone supported below on a number of upright stones. This type of grave was constructed for the eldest of siblings. Such megalithic grave markers were peculiar to the Moro Meza, and was not generally found among other so-called Moro groups neighbouring.

Photographer:

?Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

?1927

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Amadi District

Group:

Moro Meza

PRM Source:

London School of Economics and Political Science

Acquired:

Donated 1967

Other Owners:

C. G. Seligman slide collection

Class:

Death

Keyword:

Grave , Grave Marker , Megalith

Documentation:

Manual Catalogue in Related Documents File

Primary Documentation:

Accession Book Entry - [1967.26] THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, HOUGHTON STREET, ALDWYCH, LONDON, W.C.E. PER MR ANTHONY FORGE - SUDAN. Box containing 309 lantern slides (3 1/4” x 3 1/4”) made from photographs taken by the late Professor C. G. SELIGMAN in various parts of the SUDAN. All slides numbered and labelled. Catalogue in file (“Seligman Slide Collection”). Additional Accession Book Entry - [in pencil] 18 Parks Rd.

Manual catalogue entry (thermofax catalogue copy in folder '27-06 Seligman Slide Collection') - "V.h.26. Megalithic grave - Moro (S.Sudan)" additional ms note (1967) - "slightly scratched"

Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.h.26. Megalithic grave - Moro (S.Sudan). CGS."

Other Information:

The Seligmans did not visit Moro country in Western Equatoria and relied on information from Evans-Pritchard, including photographs. This makes it seem likely that this is a copy of an E-P photo. Since many of E-P's original Moro series noted on the handlist are missing this is entirely feasible. [Chris Morton 25/10/2004]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [25/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]