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2018.313.389

Portrait of a Kanuri woman in Maiduguri carrying a gourd bowl and basket on her head. Her face is scarified, and she has two green circular plugs in her ear.


2018.313.389

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Collection type
Photograph
Description
Portrait of a Kanuri woman in Maiduguri carrying a gourd bowl and basket on her head. Her face is scarified, and she has two green circular plugs in her ear.
Geographical reference
Borno State; Maiduguri
Cultural groups
Kanuri Yerwa
Person
Photographer Edward Shearman Ross
PRM source Sandra Miller Ross
Date / Period
Date of photograph: 09/1966
Acquisition information
Donated: 14/12/2018
Photographic process
Transparency Kodachrome
Dimensions
Image dimension 35 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2018.313.389

Search terms: Body Art, Vessel, Portrait