Mandari youth
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.3.21
Accession Number:
1998.97.113
Description:
An upper body full face portrait of a Mandari youth wearing neck ornaments, including a bone or tooth half-moon shaped pendant.
He also has several radiating lines of scarification on his forehead with a central vertical line.
These marks were made by the Mandari for aesthetic effect only, and were particularly favoured by the Mandari around Tali.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Khor Moni
Group:
Mandari Köbora
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Ornament , Body Art
Keyword:
Ornament Neck , Body Art Skin
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 24/1/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
