Anglo-Egyptian soldier and Mandari women
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.6.11
Accession Number:
1998.97.173
Description:
A full length group portrait of a man in the uniform of the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium authority (1899-1955) holding a rifle and wearing an ammunition belt and hat with plume.
Beside him stand three women wearing beaded ornaments and metal armrings.
Another man wearing European clothes as well as a large ivory arm ornament, is partially visible to left of frame.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Tali
Group:
Mandari
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Military , Shelter , Colonial , Clothing , Ornament
Keyword:
Uniform , Firearm , Ornament Arm , Ornament Body
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 25/2/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
