Ingessana ceremonial post
103 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.344.78.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
1998.344.78.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.D.78
Previous Other Number:
G 5
Accession Number:
1998.344.78.2
Description:
An area cleared of stones with a tall post place in the ground (called dar), near to an enclosure visible on the hill above.
This post was evidently used in certain ceremonies, although it is not clear what sort.
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 , Ritual Object
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"] - 78. Ceremonial post. G.5
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "dar (another dar of other type not described in notes) G5"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 78. Ceremonial post. G.5
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "dar (another dar of other type not described in notes) G5"
Other Information:
There is a possiblity that Evans-Pritchard is referring to the dar that he mentions on page 74 of A Preliminary Account of the Ingassana Tribe in Fung Province, Sudan Notes and Records X, 1927 where he talks about a dar being a stool or bench which is a mark of office of a chief.
This is perhaps the 'other type' referred to by him on the print reverse, but could also be the place of clan ceremony mentioned on page 73.
[Chris Morton 4/2/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 4/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
