Avokaya grave
105 x 80 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Sulphide staining [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.B.30
Previous Other Number:
46 2 (+127)
Accession Number:
1998.345.48.2
Description:
A carved wooden grave post (lusi) surmounting what looks to be a termite mound grave with stone slabs placed on top.
The Avokaya buried their dead by excavating a shaft down such termitaria in the vicinity of the deceased's compound.
The carved post was set next to the grave as a representation of the deceased, often with a natural knot in the wood used to represent the umbilicus.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Amadi District
Group:
Avokaya
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Death , Carving , Carving
Keyword:
Grave , Grave Marker
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.
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "46/2 +127"
Notes on card mount ms pencil - "SS overall 8.89"
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "46/2 +127"
Notes on card mount ms pencil - "SS overall 8.89"
Other Information:
This negative and print were originally catalogued as part of the Bongo series, although the negative number seems to be mainly related to other Azande images.
The termitarium grave however seems to be Avokaya.
[Chris Morton 12/3/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 12/3/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
