Tulchan and shelter at Mandari cattle-camp
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.10.8
Accession Number:
1998.97.368
Description:
A hearth shelter at a Mandari dry-season cattle camp with a tulchan placed on the low roof.
This shelter has a small cattle-dung fire, grass roof and walls made from reeds leant against the side.
This sort of fire shelter provided a relatively mosquito-free environment to sleep at night as well as some shade during the day.
A tulchan is a dummy made from the skin of a dead calf which is placed next to a cow for it to smell and encourage it to lactate, in combination with the practice of blowing up the animal's uterus.
This may well be in a Köbora camp which Buxton visited in March and April of 1950 and 1951.
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 , Shelter , Animal Gear , Fire , Settlement
Keyword:
Animal Cattle , Building , Cattle Camp
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 17/3/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
