Portrait of a Mandari youth

Portrait of a Mandari youth
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.135.2 - Print gelatin silver , (80 x 80 mm )
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.4.8


Accession Number:
1998.97.135.1
Description:
An upper body full face portrait of a Mandari youth, wearing a thick ivory arm ornament and a leather pouch on a strap across his chest. Although his head is cropped at the top of frame, he seems to be wearing a textile head-wrap with a plume and European-style shorts.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Tali
Group:
Mandari ?Dari
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology , Ornament , Bag
Keyword:
Ornament Arm , Bag
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 27/1/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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