Zande circumcision hut construction

104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.341.167.1 - Negative film nitrate , (104 x 78 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.A.167

Previous Other Number:

4 (165) [frame 11]

Accession Number:

1998.341.167.2

Description:

The wooden framework of a beehive-shaped hut for circumcision initiates under construction by a man and a boy.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1927 - 1930

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio

Group:

Zande

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Shelter

Keyword:

Building House

Activity:

Constructing

Event:

Ceremony Circumcision

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)"] - 167. Circumcision (making huts for the boys). 4(165)

Other Information:

See also [1998.341.90 & .175] [Chris Morton 20/10/2003].

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 16/10/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]