Termite mound in Zandeland
104 x 78 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.717.2 - Print gelatin silver , (104 x 78 mm)
1998.341.717.2 - Print gelatin silver , (104 x 78 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.717
Previous Other Number:
31 6 [frame 12]
Accession Number:
1998.341.717.1
Description:
A large termite mound established by abio termites, a species of nocturnal flying termites eaten by the Azande.
Termites were also commonly gathered for oil by people within a territory surrounding the homestead, with rights to gather in certain areas agreed between neighbours.
Such mounds were also used for consulting the termite oracle (dakpa), where two sticks are left half entered into the mound, the answer to a question being given by which stick is nibbled.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927 - 1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Publication History:
Contemporary Publication - Reproduced as Plate IIa (facing page 48) in E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard's
The Zande Trickster
(OUP 1967), with the caption "A Termite Mound" [CM 17/8/2005]
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Fauna , Natural History , Gathering
Keyword:
[Insect]
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)"] - 717. Termite mound. ( abio ). 31/6
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)"] - 717. Termite mound. ( abio ). 31/6
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 4/12/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
