Mandari girls

Mandari girls
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.2.48


Accession Number:
1998.97.66
Description:
A full length group portrait of some young Mandari girls standing in the shade of a thicket, carrying gourd water containers in net carriers. They have decorated their hair and faces using an ash mixture.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Tali
Group:
Mandari Dari
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Toilet , Body Art , Vessel , Bag
Keyword:
Hair , Body Art Paint , Vessel Gourd , Bag String
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 18/1/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
Funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council
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