Mandari couple in cattle camp
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.9.31
Accession Number:
1998.97.313
Description:
A Mandari Köbora man and woman sitting together in a cattle camp, partially under the shade of a piece of matting that has been set up on a post above, a very large spear set in the ground beside it.
In the foreground is a knarled tree trunk with a charred base (possibly from the burning of a ritual fire) as well as a notched pole seemingly emerging from the top.
This adapted tree trunk could well be a shrine to a Power set at the heart of the kraal, with the milk gourds placed close by, some of which may be offered to the spirits.
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:
Animal Husbandry , Settlement , Religion , Ritual Object
Keyword:
Animal Cattle , Cattle Camp , Shrine
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 11/3/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
