Close-up of a boy from Foremonia dressed as a girl for his circumcision
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: SL-20-5

 G 2 SIL 20.5 CDC 79
label: Local Note
content: Selgem EE13910400
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: 20.5.
label: Local Note
content: Frame value is 8.
label: Local Note
content: Slide No. G 2 SIL 20.5 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
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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.1993-028-1714
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: "Close-up of a boy from Foremonia dressed as a girl for his circumcision which was to be about a week later. He and some other boys from Foremonia came to get some practice dancing and to "help" the Musaia boys celebrate. Male and female circumcisions were done on the same day at Musaia. The Musaia boys did not dress up as girls before their circumcision. The date on the slide is FEB 80."