Mandari dance gathering
53 x 52 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.494.1 - Negative film nitrate , (56 x 56 mm)
1998.97.494.1 - Negative film nitrate , (56 x 56 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.17.8
Accession Number:
1998.97.494.2
Description:
Young women moving and dancing past the camera at an occasion, holding thin dance sticks.
A line of youths wearing rem beads and head plumes is visible beyond.
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 , Social Life
Keyword:
Dance Accessory
Activity:
Dancing
Event:
Dance
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 11/5/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
