Portrait of a Mandari youth

Portrait of a Mandari youth
56 x 45 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.9.27


Accession Number:
1998.97.309
Description:
A portrait of a Mandari Köbora youth sitting on the ground, with several other youths standing behind him. He is wearing a number of rem bead strings around his waist and has dressed his hair with ashes and a feather plume. A club rests across his lap.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel
Group:
Mandari Köbora
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Animal Husbandry , Settlement
Keyword:
Animal Cattle , Cattle Camp
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Other Information:
This negative has been cropped at the top, possibly due to negative damage or poor exposure. [Chris Morton 11/3/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 11/3/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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