Mandari youths at dance gathering
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.17.51
Accession Number:
1998.97.537
Description:
Two youths at a dance gathering wearing rem age grade beads adopting an attack pose with clubs raised above the head and spears at the ready.
Such warlike posturing was a feature of dance gatherings, which often took the form of running mock battles between neighbouring Mandari groups.
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 , Weapon , Bead , Clothing Headgear
Keyword:
Dance Accessory , Spear , Club
Activity:
Dancing
Event:
Dance
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 17/5/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
