Mandari dance gathering
96 x 81 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.17.42
Accession Number:
1998.97.528.2
Description:
Looking towards the back of a group of youths at a dance gathering wearing rem age grade beads, one arranged to form a 'corset' of beads with a decorated spine at the back, as well as head plume ornaments.
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 , Ornament , Bead
Keyword:
Dance Accessory , Ornament Head
Activity:
Dancing
Event:
Dance
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 16/5/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
