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Kikuyu ritual circumcision dance

Kenya, Kikuyu women perform a ceremonial dance around a fig tree during an annual circumcision ritual marking the initiation of children into adulthood. Original manuscript caption:A circumcision: women dancing round the fig-treeSouth Nyeri 1936, 1937. 1995/076/1/2/5/27.

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Title: Kikuyu ritual circumcision dance

Caption: Kenya, Kikuyu women perform a ceremonial dance around a fig tree during an annual circumcision ritual marking the initiation of children into adulthood. Original manuscript caption:A circumcision: women dancing round the fig-treeSouth Nyeri 1936, 1937. 1995/076/1/2/5/27.

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Print size: 39.2 × 29.7 cm | 1823.2 × 1381.9 in (300 dpi)

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