Close-up of a boy from Foremonia dressed as a girl for his circumcision

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

Donor notes read: "Close-up of a boy from Foremonia dressed as a girl for his circumcision which was to be about a week later. He and some other boys from Foremonia came to get some practice dancing and to "help" the Musaia boys celebrate. Male and female circumcisions were done on the same day at Musaia. The Musaia boys did not dress up as girls before their circumcision. The date on the slide is FEB 80.".

Collection

Christopher DeCorse photographs

Archival grouping

Christopher DeCorse photographs / Sierra Leone

Catalog date

1979

Recorded places

Africa; Sierra Leone

Cataloged creator or photographer

DeCorse, Christopher R

Recorded subjects

Ritual and celebration -- Photographs; Rites and ceremonies -- Africa

Format and extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

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