Mandari dance gathering
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.491.2 - Print gelatin silver , (53 x 53 mm)
1998.97.491.2 - Print gelatin silver , (53 x 53 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.17.5
Accession Number:
1998.97.491.1
Description:
Young women and youths dancing together at an occasion.
In the left foreground a woman is wearing a large set of rem waist beads gifted to her by an admirer.
Dances were frequent events, which provided the main opportunity for youths and girls to socialise together.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel ?Tali
Group:
Mandari
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Dance , Textile , Ornament , Bead , Social Life
Keyword:
Dance Accessory , Textile , Ornament Body
Activity:
Dancing
Event:
Dance
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 10/5/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
