Artist: Margaret Thompson
Culture:Yoruba culture
I like this image because I like to see how children from an early age are intensely interested in adult roles and activities.
Source:Art History, Marilyn Stokstad Education, Pearson, 2008
Culture: Bwa culture
Date:1984
I like this image because the mask that this people are using are so well elaborated.
Source: Art History, Marilyn Stokstad Education, Pearson, 2008
Title: TEMNE NOWO MASQUEADE WITH ATTENDANTS
Artist: Fred Lamp
Date: 1980
I like this image because this mask represents ideal female beauty.
Source: Art History, Marilyn Stokstad Education, Pearson, 2008
Title: BWAMI MASK (LUKWAKONGO)
I like this image because this natural or crafted objects, represented to the initiate as signs of membership.
Source: Art History, Marilyn Stokstad Education, Pearson, 2008
Title: Initiation-Rishikesh
Artist: John Battaglino
Date: April 8th 2010
These New inductee's in kalash ashram.
I chose this pictures because when I see the man
looking at the camara I can see sadness in his face.
This picture make me thing that initiation is
not always a celebration but something to be sad.
Title: monk Initiation
Artist: Joel Gilgorff
Date: December 7th 2010
Young prospective Vietnamese monks having their head shave,
make me wonder why they shave the heads of little kids
that don't have enough age to decide whether
they want to be in an initiation ceremony.
Title: Balle School III
Artist Trip Huxley
Date: December 15th 2010
This photograph of Moriole's Hoek Lesothe. These girls are participating in a month-long rite of passage ritual in which they travel from town to town singing songs nad learning about traditional songs and culture from a local sangoman or medicine man. I live this image because It's interesting how these women travel to learn about other cultures and songs these actions help them to know more people not just the people around them.
Title: Three Sotho Initiates
Artist: Peter Magobane
Date 1992
Three females with initiation painted faces. I chose this image because I love to see the different customs they use in order to do the initiation ceremony.
Title: Object #4357
Culture: Yaka
Artist: Unknown
This mask is made of wood, canvas, raffia, coated cloth, natural pigments,
age-old usded pantine. I chose this image because I love that
the kids that made this mask put effort to be able to become adults in their society.
