Mandari youths thatching hut
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.13.12
Accession Number:
1998.97.424
Description:
A group of youths sit on the roof of a stake-walled hut, working fronds of palm into a layered thatch.
In the foreground is a hearth consisting of three compacted earth mounds between which is balanced a large pottery vessel for cooking.
The fire sticks are pushed in through the gaps between the mounds, only burning the ends and thereby making the most of limited fuelwood resources.
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 , Fire , Pottery
Keyword:
Building House , Fire Accessory , Vessel Pottery
Activity:
Constructing
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 22/4/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
