Group of Zande men
104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.415
Previous Other Number:
46 3 (+78) [frame 12]
Accession Number:
1998.341.415.2
Description:
A group of men and boys, the central one identified as Zingbondo wiri Bagbe (i.e.
Zingbondo son of Bagbe), with the hilt of a knife visible under his arm.
Such knives were a symbol of status as a chief's deputy, an office carried out by Zingbondo as well as his father Bagbe, in Prince Rikita's court.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
NamedPerson:
Zingbondo wiri Bagbe
Notes:
Photographs from the film numbered "46 3" are published in E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard's article 'Oracle Magic of the Azande'
Sudan Notes and Records
, Vol.XI, 1928, based upon his first expedition of 1927.
[CM 10/10/2005]
In 'Oracle-magic of the Azande' Sudan Notes and Records , Vol 11, 1928, p.31, E. E. Evans-Pritchard notes 'Zingbondo, the son of Bagbe, both father and son being chief's deputies...' [CM 21/07/2006] In Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic (OUP 1937, p.366) E. E. Evans-Pritchard notes ' Zingbondo, the son of Bagbe, in Prince Rikita’s country' [CM 21/07/2006]
In 'Oracle-magic of the Azande' Sudan Notes and Records , Vol 11, 1928, p.31, E. E. Evans-Pritchard notes 'Zingbondo, the son of Bagbe, both father and son being chief's deputies...' [CM 21/07/2006] In Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic (OUP 1937, p.366) E. E. Evans-Pritchard notes ' Zingbondo, the son of Bagbe, in Prince Rikita’s country' [CM 21/07/2006]
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Weapon , Ornament
Keyword:
Knife , Ornament Neck
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)"] - 415. Zingbondo wili Bagbe and others. +78
Notes on print/mount - "46/3 EP.A.415"
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)"] - 415. Zingbondo wili Bagbe and others. +78
Notes on print/mount - "46/3 EP.A.415"
Other Information:
In Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (OUP 1937, page viii) E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard gives Zingbondo as an additional name of Mekana, his Zande servant.
There may therefore be some kin relation between Mekana, who was a son of the courtier Ongosi, and the Zingbondo of this image, who is a son of Bagbe.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 6/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
