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	Search results for Ceremonies;    Refine your search Creator Egonu, Uzo (5) Nigerian, 1931-1996 (5) Welsh, Stephanie (4) American, Born 1975 (4) Date 1995 (4) 1971 (3) 1974 (1) 1970 (1) Format 59 X 79 cm (4) Color Etching (4) Chromogenic Process Co... (4) Image: 9 1/16 X 13 9/1... (2) Image: 9 3/16 X 13 1/2... (2) Show more... Subject Kenya (4) Rites & Ceremonies (3) Circumcisions Document... (2) Rites & Ceremonies Cir... (2) Priests Igbo (African)... (1) Show more... results 1-12 of 12 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Untitled (Father and Friends Celebrate) rites & ceremonies; circumcisions; series (groups); documentary photography; color photography Accompanying text: Lengila's father and his friends will drink and celebrate his daughter's initiation for many days. Fathers become very wealthy when they circumcise their daughters because friends and... 2. Untitled (Circumcision) rites & ceremonies; circumcisions; series (groups); documentary photography; color photography Accompanying text: """"Why are you trying to kill me?"""" Lengila screams at the circumciser, as the women rush to hold down her legs and stifle her cries. """"Stop that, it doesn't hurt,"""" they scold... 3. Untitled (Blood Lost) rites & ceremonies; blood; circumcisions; documentary photography; series (groups); color photography Accompanying text: Lengila stands in the blood that she lost during the operation. 4. Untitled (Pensive Night Before) rites & ceremonies; women; circumcisions; series (groups); documentary photography; color photography; women Accompanying text: Lengila is pensive the night before her circumcision. She is the first girl in her village to go to school and she has learned form her teachers that the practice is painful and dangerous.... 5. Peace Offering to Man and the Gods sacrifice; Igbo (African people) -- rites and ceremonies; Igbo (African people) -- religion; spirits; birds; roosters 6. Priests and Priestesses Before Two Gods Igbo (African people) -- rites and ceremonies; Igbo (African people) -- religion; worship; gods 7. Asante Adinkra Funeral Cloth textiles; textile fabrics -- Africa, West; Ashanti (African people) -- material culture -- funeral rites and ceremonies; hand weaving -- Ghana; arts, African -- Ghana; crafts (art genres) Black stamp dyed blocks on black hand-woven cloth 8. Asante Funeral Cloth textiles; textile fabrics -- Africa, West; Ashanti (African people) -- material culture -- funeral rites and ceremonies; arts, African -- Ghana; crafts (art genres) Black stamped god symbols on black commercial cloth 9. Mossi Funeral Blanket textiles; blankets; textile fabrics -- Africa, West; Mossi (African people) -- material culture -- funeral rites and ceremonies; hand weaving -- Burkina Faso; West African strip weaving; cotton textiles; arts, African; crafts (art genres) Blue strips and white weft patterns 10. Sacrifice to the Malignant Spirit sacrifice; Igbo (African) -- rites and ceremonies; Igbo (African people) -- religion; spirits; demonology; trees 11. Sacrifice to the Earth Goddess roosters; birds; human figure in art; sacrifice; Igbo (African people) -- rites and ceremonies; Igbo (African people) -- religion; goddesses 12. The Priest and a Woman Possessed priests; Igbo (African) -- rites and ceremonies; Igbo (African people) -- religion; spirits; demonology; demoniac possession; exorcism select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-12 of 12 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next
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