Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Untitled 24, Hamar Women Performing a Lashing Dance, Hamar Village, Omo Valley, Ethiopia
February 2011
African history · place not specified
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.
Description provided by Doggett: "Hamar women performing a lashing dance. Before the male coming-of-age ritual known as the Jumping of the Bulls, village women display their support of the young initiate by submitting themselves to harsh whippings. To prepare themselves, they engage in exuberant song and dance. The songs typically narrate feats of battle and seek to invoke barjo, a fundamental force considered to be the essence of well-being.".
- Collection
- Drew Doggett Photographs
- Catalog date
- February 2011
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Doggett, Drew
- Format and extent
- 1 Photographic print (color; matted, 12 x 18 in. (print); 18 x 24 in. (matted))
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.2015-009, Item EEPA.2015-009-0009
Collection: Drew Doggett Photographs