Buxton's Mandari minder with girl
54 x 32 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.6.23
Accession Number:
1998.97.185
Description:
A portrait of Jean Buxton's Mandari sergeant, Makelele Nyayo, who was charged with looking after her personal safety, sitting cross-legged on the verandah of a colonial brick building next to a girl wearing beaded neck ornaments.
Just behind or to the side of the girl another person gestures a hand into the frame above her head.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel ?Tali
Group:
Mandari
NamedPerson:
Makelele Nyayo
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Colonial , Military , Ornament , Shelter
Keyword:
Uniform , Building Interior , Ornament Neck
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 25/2/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
