Mandari woman with baby
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.4.4
Accession Number:
1998.97.131
Description:
A full length portrait of a Mandari woman wearing a checked textile body cloth, with a baby tied to her back.
She is also carrying a gourd vessel in a string carrier and on her head a roll of matting.
Across the foreground Jean Buxton's shadow wearing a skirt is visible, looking down into her Rolleiflex camera.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Tali
Group:
Mandari ?Dari
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Child Care , Textile , Furnishings , Vessel
Keyword:
Baby Carrier , Textile , Mat , Vessel Gourd
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 26/1/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
