View of Böri village

View of Böri village
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Same Image As:
JB.AL.44
Previous PRM Number:
JB.12.1


Accession Number:
1998.97.398
Description:
Looking towards the Böri village of Kosumba, located on the east bank of the Nile. Some huts are raised on piles, including smaller storage shelters.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Kösumba
Group:
Böri
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Settlement , Shelter
Keyword:
Village , Building House
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Other Information:
Note on reverse of album print [JB.AL.44] 'East Bank - Homesteads for several Kin Gps.. Kösumba Village from distance. (note diversity of the thatching methods - Some 'step' thatching others just laid on) (grain stores are raised.)' [Chris Morton 10/5/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 7/4/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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