Mandari girl with bead headdress
60 x 41 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.4.10
Accession Number:
1998.97.137
Description:
An upper body portrait of a seated girl wearing elaborate ornaments, including a beaded collar, metal armrings up the forearm, and a beadwork 'beard' of tassels around her chin, as well as a beadwork cap.
Other girls are visible sitting nearby her beside a hut in a compound.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Tali
Group:
Mandari ?Dari
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Bead , Ornament
Keyword:
Ornament Arm , Ornament Head , Ornament Neck
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 27/1/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
