Anuak commoner grave

82 x 56 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.342.38.1 - Negative film nitrate , (82 x 56 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.AK.38

Previous Other Number:

19 4 (215)

Accession Number:

1998.342.38.2

Description:

A fenced grave of a commoner situated within a homestead adjacent to a hut. Anuak commoners are buried in a shaft dug in the homestead, with a fence erected around it, the grave itself being kept clean and smoothed with sand.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1935 March - May

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Jonglei

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 House

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.

Notes on print/mount - "19 4 215 grave"

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.'

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 17/12/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]