Three boys from Foremonia dressed as girls in preparation for their circumcision
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: SL-20-6

 G 2 SIL 20.6 CDC 79
label: Local Note
content: Selgem EE13910500
label: Local Note
content: Slide included in the Christopher DeCorse Collection.
label: Local Note
content: The slide was taken in the Guinea Coast region.
label: Local Note
content: A photographic print resides in the collection.
label: Local Note
content: Series Reference: 20.6.
label: Local Note
content: Frame value is 9.
label: Local Note
content: Slide No. G 2 SIL 20.6 CDC 79
name: label: Photographer
content: DeCorse, Christopher R.
label: Collection Photographer
content: DeCorse, Christopher R.
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Sierra Leone
topic: label: Topic
content: Ritual and celebration -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
creator: label: Photographer
content: DeCorse, Christopher R.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Christopher DeCorse photographs
label: See more items in
content: Christopher DeCorse photographs / Sierra Leone
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1715
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Color slides
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Color slides
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Donor notes read: "Three boys from Foremonia dressed as girls in preparation for their circumcision. Musaia circumcision, Jan. 7-9, 1979. The date on the slide is FEB 80."