Mandari cattle camp
106 x 81 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.300.1 - Negative film nitrate , (57 x 42 mm)
1998.97.300.1 - Negative film nitrate , (57 x 42 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.9.18
Accession Number:
1998.97.300.2
Description:
A number of tall shelters made from river plants at a Mandari cattle camp close to the Nile, where permanent water was accessed for cattle during the dry season.
Calves are visible tethered in the foreground, with some men beyond.
Near to the closest shelter is a notched pole with a number of tethering ropes loosely piled around it, a small shrine to spirits.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel
Group:
Mandari Köbora
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Settlement , Animal Husbandry , Shelter , Religion , Ritual Object
Keyword:
Cattle Camp , Animal Cattle , Building House , Shrine
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 10/3/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
