Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Circumcision celebration at Mamudia
1979
Africa; Sierra Leone
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: "Circumcision celebration at Mamudia. Dec. 30, 1979. Young men dancing to celebrate the girls circumcision. Some wear head ties (like women) and have pieces of cloth tied over their breasts. Some of their faces have been made white with baby powder. 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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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1702
Collection: Christopher DeCorse photographs