Mandari men preparing hut floor
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.13.5
Accession Number:
1998.97.417
Description:
Three Mandari men preparing a packed earth floor on a hut platform, before erecting the walls.
The roof was the final section to lift into place.
To the right of the hut floor is an extended platform area outside the entrance to the hut which will have rough branch steps.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel
Group:
Mandari
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Settlement , Shelter
Keyword:
Village , Building House Pile
Activity:
Constructing
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/4/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
