Ox-drawn water wheel
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.16.12
Accession Number:
1998.97.486
Description:
A boy (probably an Arab) sits on the beam attached to two oxen as they are moved round, providing the energy required to turn a hand-made waterwheel.
It is possible that this water wheel was encountered by Buxton in northern Sudan.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
?Southern Sudan
Group:
?Arab
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Water Supply , Animal Husbandry
Keyword:
Well , Animal Cattle
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 10/5/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
