Mandari Köbora women in homestead
115 x 101 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.456.1 - Negative film nitrate , (56 x 56 mm)
1998.97.456.1 - Negative film nitrate , (56 x 56 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.14.17
Accession Number:
1998.97.456.2
Description:
A group of Mandari Köbora women and children seated in the central area of a homestead, with numerous gourd containers around them.
In the midst of them is a slender forked shrine post or sapling, dedicated to a Power.
Several of the women have ash-smeared faces and wear large numbers of bead strings around their necks.
The reason for the gathering is not known.
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:
Religion , Shelter , Ornament , Body Art , ?Ritual
Keyword:
Shrine , Building House , Ornament Arm , Ornament Neck , Body Art Paint
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 5/5/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
