Mandari Köbora women in homestead
56 x 56 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.457.2 - Print gelatin silver , (121 x 118 mm)
1998.97.457.2 - Print gelatin silver , (121 x 118 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.14.19
Accession Number:
1998.97.458
Description:
A group of Mandari Köbora women and children gathered in the central area of a homestead, with numerous gourd containers around them.
The reason for the gathering is not known.
In general, Köbora women ornamented themselves more excessively than western Mandari women, wearing larger sets of armrings, as well as chain-link aprons and more strings of beads around the neck or waist.
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:
Shelter , Ornament , ?Ritual
Keyword:
Building House , Ornament Arm , Ornament Neck
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 5/5/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
