Ingessana afterbiths hung in tree
103 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.344.64.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
1998.344.64.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
Condition:
Residual chemical staining spots [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.D.64
Previous Other Number:
I 10
Accession Number:
1998.344.64.2
Description:
A gammeiza tree (possibly a Ficus sycamorus) with the remains of human afterbirths hanging from a branch by cords.
The gourds that once contained the afterbirth have mostly fallen away.
It is uncertain why afterbirths were treated in this manner.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1926 November - December
Region:
Blue Nile Tabi Hills Soda
Group:
Ingessana (Gaam)
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Religion , Ritual
Keyword:
Vessel Gourd
Documentation:
Original catalogue lists in Manuscript Collections. Additional material in related documents files. [CM 27/9/2005]
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.
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 64. After-births on tree. I.10
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "The remains of after-birth hanging from the branch. The gourds containing them have mainly fallen. I 10"
Notes on card mount ms pencil - "RCS spots 10/11/86 EE"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 64. After-births on tree. I.10
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "The remains of after-birth hanging from the branch. The gourds containing them have mainly fallen. I 10"
Notes on card mount ms pencil - "RCS spots 10/11/86 EE"
Other Information:
In A Preliminary Account of the Ingassana Tribe in Fung Province, Sudan Notes and Records X, 1927, page 81, E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard notes that 'A woman returns to her father's home to give birth to a child.
The cord is cut with a piece of dom palm leaf, and the afterbirth is not buried but placed in a gourd, which is hung from one of the branches of a gammeiza tree.' [Chris Morton 4/2/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 4/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
