Portrait of a Nuer youth
101 x 75 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.4.18
Accession Number:
1998.97.146
Description:
An upper body portrait of a Nuer youth, showing the bands of horizontal scarification that Nuer youths undergo during initiation, as well as a 'horned' finger-ring.
He seems to be eating some foodstuff held in his left hand.
Photographer:
?Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel ?Tali
Group:
Nuer
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Body Art , Food and Drink , Ornament
Keyword:
Body Art Head , Foodstuff , Ornament Hand
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 28/1/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
