Mandari man with ?shrine
80 x 80 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.8.4
Accession Number:
1998.97.269
Description:
A Mandari man holding a spear stands next to a pole-built structure within a homestead, possibly a raised crop storage area, that seems to have a shrine post with forked top incoporated into it.
What may be an offering can be seen propped within the forked top section.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel ?Dali
Group:
Mandari ?Dari
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Religion , Ritual Object , Weapon
Keyword:
?Shrine , ?Grave Marker
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 7/3/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
