Portrait of an elder Kanuri woman with facial scarification, covering her mouth with her red tobacco-stained hand as a sign of Purdah. She is wearing a red and black head scarf, demonstrating that she has previously made a pilgrimage to Mecca.

Collection type: Photograph
Description: Portrait of an elder Kanuri woman with facial scarification, covering her mouth with her red tobacco-stained hand as a sign of Purdah. She is wearing a red and black head scarf, demonstrating that she has previously made a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; 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: 2018.313.390

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