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Photo, Print, Drawing To mark his ritual passage from warrior to elder, a Maasai coats his body with a mixture of water and white chalk dug from sources believed to be sacred. With his fingers, he draws decorative patterns, exposing the dark skin below. When he returns home, he must be unrecognizable, especially to his mother. Out of the Eunoto ritual comes anonymity, the basis for his symbolic transition to a new stage of life

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Title

  • To mark his ritual passage from warrior to elder, a Maasai coats his body with a mixture of water and white chalk dug from sources believed to be sacred. With his fingers, he draws decorative patterns, exposing the dark skin below. When he returns home, he must be unrecognizable, especially to his mother. Out of the Eunoto ritual comes anonymity, the basis for his symbolic transition to a new stage of life

Names

  • Beckwith, Carol, 1945-, photographer
  • Fisher, Angela, photographer
  • Annenberg Foundation, funder/sponsor

Created / Published

  • 1979.

Headings

  • -  Maasai (African people)
  • -  Men--1970-1980
  • -  Body marking--1970-1980
  • -  Initiation rites--1970-1980
  • -  Africa

Format Headings

  • Inkjet prints--2010-2020.
  • Photographic prints--Color--2010-2020.

Genre

  • Inkjet prints--2010-2020
  • Photographic prints--Color--2010-2020

Notes

  • -  Title and notes from Annenberg Space for Photography exhibit spreadsheet.
  • -  Copyright Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher, 1979.
  • -  Part of exhibit subdivision: Beauty.
  • -  Use this credit line: From the no strangers exhibition 2012-2013, made possible by Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Space for Photography.
  • -  Gift; Annenberg Foundation; 2020 (DLC/PP-2020:127-150).
  • -  Exhibited: "no strangers: ancient wisdom in a modern world," at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, CA, November 17, 2012 - February 24, 2013; and at Kaneko, Omaha, Nebraska; and The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Medium

  • 1 photograph : color inkjet print mounted on foam core ; sheet 54 x 77 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 15168, no. 75

Source Collection

  • Annenberg Space for Photography Collection of Exhibition Prints, selected prints from the exhibition entitled no strangers

Repository

Digital Id

  • ppmsca 72861 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.72861

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021649874

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ppmsca-72861 (digital file from original)

Rights Advisory

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  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Annenberg Space for Photography," https://aj.sunback.homes/rr/print/res/754_anne.html
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-72861 (digital file from original)
  • Call Number: LOT 15168, no. 75
  • Access Advisory: ['Original material served by appointment. Stored off site in cold storage. For more information, see: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.info.apptonly']

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Chicago citation style:

Annenberg Foundation, Funder/Sponsor, Beckwith, Carol, and Angela Fisher, photographer. To mark his ritual passage from warrior to elder, a Maasai coats his body with a mixture of water and white chalk dug from sources believed to be sacred. With his fingers, he draws decorative patterns, exposing the dark skin below. When he returns home, he must be unrecognizable, especially to his mother. Out of the Eunoto ritual comes anonymity, the basis for his symbolic transition to a new stage of life. Africa, 1979. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021649874/.

APA citation style:

Annenberg Foundation, F., Beckwith, C. & Fisher, A., photographer. (1979) To mark his ritual passage from warrior to elder, a Maasai coats his body with a mixture of water and white chalk dug from sources believed to be sacred. With his fingers, he draws decorative patterns, exposing the dark skin below. When he returns home, he must be unrecognizable, especially to his mother. Out of the Eunoto ritual comes anonymity, the basis for his symbolic transition to a new stage of life. Africa, 1979. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021649874/.

MLA citation style:

Annenberg Foundation, Funder/Sponsor, photographers by Beckwith, Carol, and Angela Fisher. To mark his ritual passage from warrior to elder, a Maasai coats his body with a mixture of water and white chalk dug from sources believed to be sacred. With his fingers, he draws decorative patterns, exposing the dark skin below. When he returns home, he must be unrecognizable, especially to his mother. Out of the Eunoto ritual comes anonymity, the basis for his symbolic transition to a new stage of life. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021649874/>.