Mr. Abd Al-Aziz Omar Al-Amin, the director of the northern directorate, Mr. Mickey, the Ghamandan of the police department, Eng. Zakie Naseem and the Sheikh Al-Rayeh Al-Fakki.

Zande man playing kundi instrument

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Collection: pittriversmuseum.edwardevanevanspritchard

Description: A portrait of a seated man (identified as a subject of Badinda, probably a local governor) playing a thumb-piano instrument known as a kundi.

Dinka procession at Wau

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Collection: pittriversmuseum.godfreylienhardt

Description: Onlookers watching a procession of Dinka youths playing trumpets at a procession at the Roman Catholic mission at Wau, the large church visible in the background.

Zande magic whistle

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Collection: pittriversmuseum.edwardevanevanspritchard

Description: A man (identified as Kamanga, one of Evans-Pritchard's servants) posed blowing a magic whistle (kura). Such whistles are mostly worn about the body and are used for a variety of purposes, such as to ward off witchcraft. They are made from plants and horns with magical associations, such as zerengbondo, a type of creeper.

Dirge singers at a funeral in Fungor

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Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf

Description: The mourners, who accompany the traditional funeral ceremonies with hour-long funeral dirges, are an ancient tradition that was already depicted on ancient Egyptian and Cushite reliefs.

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Zande man playing kundi instrument

Dinka procession at Wau

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Dirge singers at a funeral in Fungor

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