Mandari women
107 x 53 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.539.1 - Negative film nitrate , (57 x 27 mm)
1998.97.539.1 - Negative film nitrate , (57 x 27 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.17.53
Accession Number:
1998.97.539.2
Description:
A full length portrait of two young women, possibly at a dance gathering, wearing textile waist cloths, arm ornaments and carrying dance sticks.
The woman to the right has ornamented her lower legs with white pigment, possibly ash.
The smoking of tobacco was also popular among women at this time.
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 , Clothing , Bead , Textile
Keyword:
Dance Accessory , Textile
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 17/5/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
