Contemporary African Artists - Robert Rooker

Open Edition Print

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MURLE

BOTHOTNYA

Catalogue # KEN.28.105
Country: Sudan
Size: 24cm x 24cm

Medium: Open Edition Print
Price: €  25

A Murle woman wearing traditional beads.  In Murle culture, the  color of beads and styles are worn to show an age group and marital status.

Catalogue # KEN.28.106
Country: Sudan
Size: 24cm x 24cm

Medium: Open Edition Print
Price: €  25

Bothotnya is a Murle word for a black and white duck found in Pibor  County, Southern Sudan.   It is also the name and colors used for the  Murle age group of people born somewhere between 1976 and 1986, give  or take a few years.

DANCERS

Catalogue # KEN.28.107
Country: Sudan
Size: 24cm x 24cm

Medium: Open Edition Print
Price: €  25

Murle men on their way for dancing.  On their heads, they wear the  “Mah”, which is used to show their strength. On their bodies they wear beads and animal skins with the colors of their age groups.

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