Mandari woman and soldier
56 x 56 mm | Negative film Safety
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.6.84
Accession Number:
1998.97.246
Description:
A three-quarter length portrait of a Mandari soldier in uniform of the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium authority (1899-1955) with a woman wearing a checked waist cloth and arm and neck ornaments, looking towards him.
On her chest is a cicatrice design.
They are both standing in front of a layered-thatch hut with loosely-woven cane walls [camera fault to left of frame].
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1958
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:
Shelter , Ornament , Textile , Colonial
Keyword:
Building House , Ornament Arm , Ornament Neck , Textile , Uniform
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Primary Documentation:
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 4/3/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
