Lightning-struck tree in Mandari homestead

Lightning-struck tree in Mandari homestead
117 x 116 mm | Print colour
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.439.1 - Negative film Safety , (56 x 56 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.13.26


Accession Number:
1998.97.439.2
Description:
A lightning-struck tree in a Mandari homestead, with new growth emerging from the side of its scorched trunk. To the side of the tree is a raised storage hut with interwoven walls, and further off a sleeping hut surrounded by numerous tall forked posts, a raised storage platform visible in front of it.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1958
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel ?Tali
Group:
Mandari
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Shelter
Keyword:
Building House Women's , Building Storage
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 29/4/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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