Mandari Köbora men landing dead hippo
56 x 56 mm | Negative film Safety
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.473.2 - Print gelatin silver , (84 x 81 mm)
1998.97.473.2 - Print gelatin silver , (84 x 81 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.15.9
Accession Number:
1998.97.473.1
Description:
A group of Mandari men standing on a riverbank, probably the Nile, pulling in a dead hippo using ropes attached through cuts made on its legs.
Hippo was a prized hunting catch which provided essential food at times of the year when nutrition was scarce.
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:
Hunting
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 9/5/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
