Mandari men with spears and baskets
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.13.19
Accession Number:
1998.97.431
Description:
A full length portrait of two Mandari men holding large spears (with end stoppers) and spear-throwers, as well as woven baskets on their heads.
They are standing in what seems to be a colonial compound, with a large rectilinear thatched building just beyond.
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:
Shelter , Colonial , Weapon , Basketry
Keyword:
Building Official , Spear , Spear Thrower , Basket
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 25/4/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
