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Kuria Initiate
Joy Adamson
National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
An illustration of a Kuria circumcised boy wearing an elaborate skirt which indicates that he had recently undergone circumcision and that he was in a state of seclusion.
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Details
- Title: Kuria Initiate
- Creator: Joy Adamson
- Location Created: Bamakere, 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: Marwa Nyarundu Matiti
- Depicted Topic: Initiation
- Subtitle: Snapshots of Kenyan Communities
- Community: Kuria
- Collection: Joy Adamson's Collection
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