Mandari man wearing beads
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.7.6
Accession Number:
1998.97.252
Description:
A full-length portrait of a Mandari man holding a large spear (possibly abat, large type used for hunting Buffalo etc.), wearing an impressive set of rem beads from his waist up to his armpits, forming a 'corset'.
These beads, indicating a loosely-defined age set, were worn in numbers depending upon a youth's wealth.
In general, the Mandari Köbora men wore more strings of beads around the waist than the Mandari 'Boronga' such as the Dari, but did not have the same age grade system as the latter.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel
Group:
Mandari ?Köbora
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Ornament , Clothing Headgear , Bead , Weapon
Keyword:
Ornament Body , Spear
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 7/3/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
