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Maasai Girl Initiate
Joy Adamson
National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
An illustration of a Maasai girl initiate. The cowrie beads headband is an indication that she has undergone the rite of passage from childhood to womanhood.
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Details
- Title: Maasai Girl Initiate
- Creator: Joy Adamson
- Location Created: Narok, Kenya
- Provenance: Preserved at the National Museums of Kenya Archives
- Type: Painting
- Rights: National Museums of Kenya
- Medium: Watercolour on paper
- Art Form: Painting
- Depicted Person: Nasimui Enole Sapit
- Depicted Topic: Jewellery
- Subtitle: Snapshots of Kenyan Communities
- Community: Maasai
- Collection: Joy Adamson's Collection
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