Mandari metalworking
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.14.6
Accession Number:
1998.97.445
Description:
A Mandari smith beating a socketed axe-head that has been heated in a fire, using a heavy tool held in the right hand.
Other men sit around him under the shelter looking on.
Although iron deposits were not known or exploited in Mandari country, the working of traded iron was practised by smiths, who manufactured or reworked a range of weapons.
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel
Group:
Mandari
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Metalwork , Fire , Weapon , Tool
Keyword:
Metal Iron , Fire Accessory
Activity:
Metalworking , Manufacturing
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 4/5/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
