Mandari dance gathering
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.17.7
Accession Number:
1998.97.493
Description:
Young women and youths moving and dancing past the camera at an occasion.
Dances were frequent events, which provided the main opportunity for youths and girls to socialise together.
The shadows in the foreground show that Jean Buxton is being flanked by two other figures watching the dance, one apparently wearing a European hat.
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:
Dance , Social Life
Keyword:
Dance Accessory
Activity:
Dancing
Event:
Dance
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 10/5/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
