Mandari girl carrying melon
105 x 104 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.5.12
Accession Number:
1998.97.162
Description:
A full length portrait of a girl in the shade of a large tree holding a melon on her head, wearing an apron consisting of a fringe of several beaten metal strips hanging from a leather belt.
She also has a coin pendant as a neck ornament.
Beyond her a number of other people can be seen sitting and standing in the shade.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Tali
Group:
Mandari Dari
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Food and Drink , Agriculture and Horticulture , Ornament
Keyword:
Foodstuff , Crop , Ornament Body
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 16/2/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
