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Young Pokot Man
Joy Adamson
National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
An illustration of a young Pokot man about to undergo circumcision. The headgear is in the first phase of building up a chignon.
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Details
- Title: Young Pokot Man
- Creator: Joy Adamson
- Location Created: Eowui, 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: Etshom Atuan
- Depicted Topic: Headgear
- Subtitle: Snapshots of Kenyan Communities
- Community: Pokot
- Collection: Joy Adamson's Collection
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