Mandari women dancing with switches
56 x 56 mm | Negative film Safety
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.18.13
Accession Number:
1998.97.565
Description:
A young woman with a necklet of pink beads dances with a switch in her hand in the background, whilst a smiling youth sits in the foreground.
The context is apparently a dance in which the women ritually beat youths with the switches.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1958
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 , Bead
Keyword:
Dance Accessory
Activity:
Dancing
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 23/5/2004 [Southern Sudan Project]
