Mandari man with dwarfism
54 x 54 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.4.19
Accession Number:
1998.97.147
Description:
A portrait of a Mandari man with dwarfism, possibly caused by skeletal dysplasias, wearing a white tunic.
A young man wearing European style shirt and shorts stands next to him, presenting him to the camera, and perhaps to highlight the man's dimunitive stature.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel ?Tali
Group:
Nuer
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 28/1/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
