Mandari Köbora mother and child
56 x 39 mm | Negative film Safety
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.358.2 - Print colour , (117 x 81 mm)
1998.97.358.2 - Print colour , (117 x 81 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.9.75
Accession Number:
1998.97.358.1
Description:
A Mandari Köbora mother and child sitting within the staked circle of a cattle-camp fire, a large open basket visible just beyond containing gourd vessels.
Such cattle dung camp fires were lit in the centre of the cattle kraal to keep away pests that troubled the animals at night, but were also areas of social interaction during the day as well as providing warmth for some sleeping there at night.
Cow-dung ash areas also provide a clean area for children to play in, it being used for a variety of cleaning purposes.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1958
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel
Group:
Mandari Köbora
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Child Care , Basketry , Vessel
Keyword:
Cattle Camp , Basket , Vessel Gourd
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Other Information:
This same mother and child can be seen in the photograph reproduced (in black and white) as Plate IVb (facing page 96) in Jean Buxton's Chiefs and Strangers (Oxford, Clarendon Press 1963) with the caption 'family in camp-fire circle.' [Chris Morton 16/3/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 16/3/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
