
Sujet
Kikuyu purification ceremony
Légende
Kenya, A Kikuyu man takes part in a purification ceremony, drinking a concoction from the nose of a sacrificed goat. It is administered by a "Mundu mugu" (magic man), and either spat or vomited out to cleanse the perpetrator of their sins. Original manuscript caption: Purification ceremony, S. Nyeri, 1936Mundu mugu standing. 1936. Supplicant drinking a concoction made from various herbs & minerals, & the undigested contents of a goats stomach, from the nose of the dead goat, 1937. 1995/076/1/2/5/32.
Date
01 févr. 1937
Crédit
Photo12/Bristol Archives/UIG
Notre référence
UMG20A06_085
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
46,3Mo (3,4Mo) / 40,0cm x 29,0cm / 4720 x 3428 (300dpi)