
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Wide view of some Samburu men building and lighting fires on which the meat of oxen will be roasted during 'The Ceremony of the Arrows' which marks the end of the circumcision rites.
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Image Details
Accession Number
2004.130.15364.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Kenya
Region
near Maralal
Cultural Group
Samburu
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
1977
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