?Ingessana ritual carvings
 
   103 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver 
     
   
 
 
Condition: 
Fading [EE 1989] 
Date of Print: 
Unknown 
Previous PRM Number: 
EP.D.209 
Previous Other Number: 
29 
 
Accession Number: 
1998.344.209.1 
Description: 
Two wooden carvings of human figures and a phallus leaning against a house wall, all probably used as part of the Ingessana calk group activities. 
This community group led by a hereditary female ritual expert (tau:n) was primarily concerned with the promotion of life forces in the community (hence their ribaldry and disorganisation) and specifically with children, twins and marriage. 
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 , Carving 
Keyword: 
Figure 
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"] - 209. Carved human figures. 29
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "29"
 
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 209. Carved human figures. 29
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "29"
Recorder: 
Christopher Morton 23/2/2004 [Southern Sudan Project] 
  

