Portrait of Mandari youths
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.3.27
Accession Number:
1998.97.119
Description:
A three-quarter length full face portrait of two Mandari youths, looking upwards from a lowered (possibly kneeling) position.
The framing of this portrait indicates an awareness by Buxton of artistic portrait techniques in the milieu.
The youths are wearing just a few bead strings at the waist and neck, one holds a feather ornamented stick and the other possibly a headrest.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Khor Moni
Group:
Mandari Köbora
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Photography , Domestic Object
Keyword:
Ornament Body , Ornament Neck , ?Headrest
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 25/1/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
