Zande prince's court of justice
104 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Silver sulphide staining [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.A.534
Previous Other Number:
A.II [frame 9]
Accession Number:
1998.341.534.2
Description:
A view of an open-sided thatched rectilinear shelter at Prince Rikita's court, known as an ngbanga or place where the prince heard lawsuits and gave judicial decisions.
It was also the name for the public part of the prince's court in general.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1927
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Group:
Zande
Notes:
There are two photographs (exposures 4 & 7) missing from the A.II film, both of which were published as Plate III & IV in Evans-Pritchard's article "The Dance"
Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
, Vol.1, No.4 (Oct., 1928) p.456, with the caption "Men Dancing" & "The Dance".
They were evidently sent to the publisher of
Africa
and not returned.
This article drew upon his first fieldwork expedition of 1927, which provides a date of 1927 for this film number.
[Chris Morton 11/10/2005]
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Shelter , Settlement
Keyword:
Building House Communal
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)"] - 534. Rikita's ngbanga . AII/9
Notes on print/mount - "ngbanga at Rikita's AII/9 EPA534 [?82]"
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SSS upper LHS Ngbanga at Rikita's 8.89"
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)"] - 534. Rikita's ngbanga . AII/9
Notes on print/mount - "ngbanga at Rikita's AII/9 EPA534 [?82]"
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SSS upper LHS Ngbanga at Rikita's 8.89"
Other Information:
In their Zande and English Dictionary (London, The Sheldon Press 1952 [1931], page 103) Canon & Mrs E.C.
Gore note 'Ngbanga, n., court of justice, the public part of a chief's village, a lawsuit, a legal case.'
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 17/11/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
