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Kikuyu ritual circumcision dance

Kenya, Kikuyu women perform a ceremonial dance during an annual circumcision ritual, marking the initiation of adolescent girls into adulthood. Original manuscript caption: Dance before the circumcision of girls at puberty, by an old woman with a rusty knife (Cliterodectomy). South Nyeri, 1936, 1937. 1995/076/1/2/5/26.

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Title:

Kikuyu ritual circumcision dance

Caption:

Kenya, Kikuyu women perform a ceremonial dance during an annual circumcision ritual, marking the initiation of adolescent girls into adulthood. Original manuscript caption: Dance before the circumcision of girls at puberty, by an old woman with a rusty knife (Cliterodectomy). South Nyeri, 1936, 1937. 1995/076/1/2/5/26.

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Album / Universal Images Group / Bristol Archives/UIG

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4656 x 3555 px | 47.4 MB

Print size:

39.4 x 30.1 cm | 15.5 x 11.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

(CLITERODECTOMY) • 1936 • 1937 • A • ADOLESCENT • ADULTHOOD • AN • ANNUAL • AT • BEFORE • BY • CAPTION: • CEREMONIAL • CIRCUMCISION • DANCE • DANCING • DURING • GIRLS' • GIRLS • GIRLS. • INITIATION • INTO • INVENTIVE • KENYA • KIKUYU • KNIFE • MANUSCRIPT • MARKING • MUJER • NYERI • OF • OLD • ORIGINAL • PENTHOUSE • PERFORM • PUBERTY • RITUAL • ROOF FLAT • RUSTY • SOUTH • THE • TOP-FLOOR APARTMENT • WITH • WOMAN'S • WOMAN • WOMEN'S • WOMEN • WOMENS