Mandari Köbora dug-out
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.9.45
Accession Number:
1998.97.327
Description:
Several Mandari Köbora youths getting ready to push-off in a dug-out with several younger ones seated inside.
The Köbora had dry-season cattle camps on islands in the Nile where they kept their herds in areas of better grazing and water supply.
People would frequently move between these island camps and the wet-season villages close by, either visiting or relaying goods such as milk and foodstuffs.
The youth at the rear of the boat is wearing numerous rem beads and is holding a small hide shield and spears, and the others are holding small baskets, mats and other items.
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:
Transport , Ornament , Weapon , Basketry
Keyword:
Boat Dug-out , Ornament Arm , Spear , Shield , Basket
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Other Information:
The same group of youths are seen in Plate V (facing page 112) in Jean Buxton's Chiefs and Strangers (Oxford, Clarendon Press 1963) with the caption 'Crossing to cattle camp - Nile Köbora' [Chris Morton 16/3/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 14/3/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
