Mandari ?doctor of Powers

Mandari ?doctor of Powers
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.283.2 - Print gelatin silver , (54 x 54 mm)
1998.97.283.3 - Print gelatin silver , (115 x 115 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.8.18


Accession Number:
1998.97.283.1
Description:
A full length portrait of a Mandari man wearing a black goat-skin and a brimmed woven hat, holding a head-rest. He is possibly a doctor of Powers, who diagnosed illness through communication with spirits.
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:
Clothing Skin , Clothing Headgear , Furnishings
Keyword:
[Animal Goat] , Headrest
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 10/3/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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