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Little girls, with teeth just pulled, relieve their feelings by dancing.
Little girls, with teeth just pulled, relieve their feelings by dancing.
Object Number 2018.9.7.2.4
Display Title Little girls, with teeth just pulled, relieve their feelings by dancing.
Descriptions
Object Description Typed caption on back of print: "Little girls, some of whom have just had their teeth pulled, relieve their feelings by dancing." Hand written photographer's note on front: "Too hard."
Classification
  • Photographic
Department Photographic
Date 10/1961-12/1961
Artist Timothy Asch
Culture
  • Karamojong
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Materials Print, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 20.32 × 25.4001 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, 2018
Provenance
Owner Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (1961-2018)
Donor Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

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