Mandari youth

Mandari youth
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.3.22


Accession Number:
1998.97.114
Description:
A full length portrait of a Mandari youth holding a spear and parrying shield and wearing a black ostrich plume in his hair. A dog is partially visible in the foreground, possibly used by the youth during hunting trips.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Khor Moni
Group:
Mandari Köbora
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Weapon , Ornament
Keyword:
Spear , Shield , Ornament Hair
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 24/1/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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