Mandari Köbora cattle camp
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.9.36
Accession Number:
1998.97.318
Description:
A tethered ox with large upward curving horns stands looking into a large hearth area within the cattle-camp kraal.
These cattle-dung hearths were lit in the evenings to help keep pests away from the cattle, but were also sites of social interaction, as can be seen here with spears leaning against the surrounding posts and a man seated smoking a pipe.
The Köbora camped their cattle towards the Nile, sometimes only a few miles from their wet-season villages, where permanent water and sufficient grazing was accessible.
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:
Animal Husbandry , Settlement , Fire , Narcotic
Keyword:
Animal Cattle , Cattle Camp , Pipe
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 14/3/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
