Mandari Köbora cattle camp
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.340.2 - Print gelatin silver , (72 x 78 mm)
1998.97.340.2 - Print gelatin silver , (72 x 78 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.9.58
Accession Number:
1998.97.340.1
Description:
A view of cattle and posts at a Köbora cattle camp.
The framing of the posts with the horns suggests that Buxton is attempting to visually demonstrate the important bovine influence at the heart of Nilotic cattle-keeping culture and aesthetics.
The Köbora sometimes kept their cattle in camps on islands in the Nile where sufficient and water was available in the dry season, with frequent visits taking place between these locations and wet season villages some distance away.
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:
Animal Husbandry , Settlement
Keyword:
Animal Cattle , Cattle Camp
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 15/3/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
