Anuak commoner graves
82 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.342.115.2 - Print gelatin silver , (82 x 56 mm)
1998.342.115.2 - Print gelatin silver , (82 x 56 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.AK.115
Previous Other Number:
44 (147)
Accession Number:
1998.342.115.1
Description:
Two graves of commoners situated within a Pochala homestead - the one to the left covered by a grass roof with thornwood surrounding it and the other surrounded by a fence.
Anuak commoners are buried in a shaft dug in the homestead near to their huts and the mound over it is kept swept clean, with rituals sometimes performed near them.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 March - May
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Pochala
Group:
Anuak
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Death , Settlement , Shelter
Keyword:
Grave , Fence , Building
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.
Note on negative m/s ink - "147"
Note on negative m/s ink - "147"
Other Information:
In The Political System of the Anuak of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (monographs on Social Anthropology no.4, London School of Economics, 1940) page 70-1, E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard notes that 'Commoners are buried in shafts in the centre of their homesteads.
The face is covered with a skin.
The grave-mounds, often enclosed by a fence, are kept clean and are frequently smoothed with sand.
They sometimes have a small grass shelter erected above them.
Sacrifices may be performed at the side of a grave if it is discovered that the ghost of the dead is causing sickness.' [Chris Morton 7/1/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 7/1/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
