Mandari men preparing hut floor
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.16.4
Accession Number:
1998.97.478
Description:
A close-up of several Mandari men preparing an earthen floor on a hut platform, plastering over the poles with clay soil that will harden in the sun.
The roof was the final section to lift into place.
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 Pile
Activity:
Constructing
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 10/5/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
