Mandari women and child
56 x 51 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.27.2 - Print gelatin silver , (53 x 53 mm)
1998.97.27.2 - Print gelatin silver , (53 x 53 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.2.12
Accession Number:
1998.97.27.1
Description:
Two women, one seemingly breast-feeding a toddler, sit underneath a shelter or granary on a mat, with some crops, probably ground-nuts, on the floor nearby.
The woman in the foreground has her hair shaved at the sides to leave a central section.
In the section of cultivation seen beyond are stalks of ripening millet.
Since groundnuts and some millet were harvested in August and September, this suggests that these women are taking a break from harvesting activity probably during the hottest part of the day.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
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:
Toilet , Agriculture and Horticulture , Social Life , Shelter
Keyword:
Hair , Crop Millet , Crop , Building ?Storage
Activity:
Harvesting
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 3/11/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
