Xhosa Male Initiate, South Africa

RMID:B52392

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Contributor:

Hoberman Publishing / Alamy Stock Photo

Image ID:

B52392

File size:

60.2 MB (3.5 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

3744 x 5616 px | 31.7 x 47.5 cm | 12.5 x 18.7 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

21 June 2008

Location:

Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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More information:

African adolscent Initiate (abakwetha). After ritual circumcision the initiates live in isolation for up to several weeks painted in white clay.

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