Mandari roof construction
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.13.11
Accession Number:
1998.97.423
Description:
A man binding together the longitudinal sticks that form the rafters of a hut roof.
This is the last part of the hut to be lifted into place once the walls have been raised on the hut platform.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel
Group:
Mandari
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Shelter
Keyword:
Building House
Activity:
Constructing
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 22/4/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
