56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.17.66
Accession Number:
1998.97.552
Description:
A posed group of six standing youths wearing white body cloths, bead ornaments across their foreheads and feather plumes.
One youth is wearing sunglasses and the girl in front of him is wearing the frames of a pair on her forehead as an ornament.
This group seem to be associated with a mission or other colonial establishment, the brick building of which can be seen behind them in another image.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Clothing , Ornament , Clothing Headgear , Photography
Keyword:
Spectacles , Ornament Head
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 17/5/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
