Anglo-Egyptian Mandari soldier
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.6.12
Accession Number:
1998.97.174
Description:
A full length portrait of a man in the uniform of the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium authority (1899-1955) wearing a belted tunic and a hat with regimental plume.
Beyond him is a long stone and brick built rectilinear building with a large thatched roof, perhaps soldiers' quarters? In the doorway can be seen two women in European dresses, one holding a baby.
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:
Military , Shelter , Colonial , Clothing
Keyword:
Uniform , Building House Communal
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 25/2/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
