Ingessana shell container
103 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.344.21.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
1998.344.21.1 - Negative film nitrate , (103 x 76 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.D.21
Previous Other Number:
F 1
Accession Number:
1998.344.21.2
Description:
An ostrich eggshell container for cooking fat, with a top stopper and a fibre carrying support sling.
The outstretched hand of a local person holds it against the backdrop of an overcoat.
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:
Vessel , Domestic Object
Keyword:
Cooking Accessory , Storage Food , Vessel
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"] - 21. Ostrich egg for holding fat. F.1
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "F1 Container Ostrich egg for holding fat"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Ingassana"] - 21. Ostrich egg for holding fat. F.1
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "F1 Container Ostrich egg for holding fat"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 29/1/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
