Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Women with slashes on back, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia
2010-10-08
South Omo (Ethiopia : Zone)
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.
Rite of passage ceremony for a boy coming of age. As part of the ceremony, female family members of the boy are whipped as they sing, trumpet, and laud virtues of the boy to become a man. Original Carousel 25, slide 132.
- Collection
- Michael and Linda Doochin Collection
- Archival grouping
- Michael and Linda Doochin Collection / Ethiopia / Ukuli Bula Ceremony, Nyangatom village, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia
- Catalog date
- 2010-10-08
- Recorded places
- South Omo (Ethiopia : Zone)
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Doochin, Michael D.; Kartoz-Doochin, Linda
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3209
Collection: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection