Mandari girl wearing bead necklet

Mandari girl wearing bead necklet
113 x 104 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.18.4


Accession Number:
1998.97.556.2
Description:
An upper body portrait of an adolescent girl wearing a necklet of numerous strings of pink beads with a lower string of red and white beads (information from colour negative). On her face she has painted lines of white pigment, and in her hand she is holding a small branch with green leaves as part of a dance or ritual activity.
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:
?Dance , ?Ritual , Bead , Ornament , Body Art
Keyword:
?Dance Accessory , Ornament Neck , Body Art Skin
Activity:
Singing
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 23/5/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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