Mandari woman at dance gathering
116 x 60 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.17.52
Accession Number:
1998.97.538.2
Description:
A three-quarter length portrait of a young woman wearing a textile body cloth, as well as strings of beads around the neck (probably gifted by a male admirer), head covering and feather plume.
The smoking of tobacco was also popular among women at this time.
Two other women stand in the background, their arms around each other's shoulders.
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 , Ornament , Clothing , Bead , Textile
Keyword:
Dance Accessory , Ornament Hair , Textile
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 17/5/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
