Mandari storage hut and ?shrine

Mandari storage hut and ?shrine
56 x 53 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.13.10


Accession Number:
1998.97.422
Description:
A raised storage hut (gugu) with reed thatch and woven walls. Underneath may be a shrine to Powers consisting of several mounds of earth.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel
Group:
Mandari
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Shelter , Religion
Keyword:
Building Storage , ?Shrine
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 22/4/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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