Portrait of a Zande man
104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.624
Previous Other Number:
46 (+62) [frame 12]
Accession Number:
1998.341.624.2
Description:
A half-length portrait of a man wearing barkcloth and straw hat with neck ornament (identified as Ngbitimo or Zambaliru).
Ngbitimo lived in Prince Rikita's province, and was a friend and informant during Evans-Pritchard's fieldwork among the Azande.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Ngbitimo (Zambaliro)
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Clothing Headgear , Ornament
Keyword:
Ornament Neck
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)"] - 624. Male type (Zambaliri). 46 (+46)
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SSS overall 8.89"
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)"] - 624. Male type (Zambaliri). 46 (+46)
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SSS overall 8.89"
Other Information:
It seems as though Zambaliri (Spelt elsewhere as Zambaliru) was an alternative name for Ngbitimo, E-P's published name for this man, who he refers to in at least two places in Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande.
For instance on page 343 he states 'When my friend Ngbitimo (see Plate IV), in Rikita's province, incurred the displeasure of his prince...' The man in Plate IV is certainly the same as the man in this image, although, just to confuse matters, another man named Ngbitimo occurs in [1998.341.625].
[Chris Morton 27/11/2003]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 27/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
