Mandari women

56 x 52 mm | Negative film nitrate

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.93.2 - Print gelatin silver , (90 x 84 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

JB.3.1

Accession Number:

1998.97.93.1

Description:

A three-quarter length portrait of three young Mandari women near to a lagoon, wearing small pubic aprons and beaded corsets. The woman to the left is wearing numerous arm rings. They all show numerous small cicatrices patterns on their bodies. The dress of the Mandari Köbora differed quite markedly from the Mandari around Tali, who in general ornamented themselves more like their neighbours the Dinka.

Photographer:

Jean Carlile Buxton

Date of Photo:

1950 - 1952

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Khor Moni

Group:

Mandari Köbora

PRM Source:

Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Acquired:

Donated 1988

Other Owners:

Jean Buxton Collection

Class:

Clothing Skin , Ornament , Body Art

Keyword:

Ornament Arm , Ornament Neck , Ornament Body , Body Art Skin

Documentation:

See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.

Other Information:

In Some Notes on the Mandari of Equatoria Province, A.E. Sudan, (typescript notebook of c.1951 in Tylor Library, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford), book I, page 38-39, Jean Buxton notes that 'Sere [i.e. Mandari Köbora] women display a wide range of finery...Brightly coloured leather aprons, coloured with red ochre, are ornamented with many rows of red and white beads. Aprons of metal links are also worn, and with both the above a small skin - more abbreviated than that of the Boronga - is worn, tied round the waist in front and hanging down behind, leaving the front apron showing. The edges of the skin are often beautifully ornamented with coloured beads...To match the bead 'corselets' of the men, girls wear large 'courting' collars of beads which are hung round the neck and come down in front well over the breasts. They are usually in orange or red. Other decorations in the way of necklaces or pendants are worn, of cowry shells, metal rings or beads. Girls also wear iron and brass rings round arms and legs, similar to those worn by the men.' [Chris Morton 21/1/2005]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 21/1/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]