Although the tin pan takes the place of a graduate, still only approximately a pint of blood is drawn from an animal at one time in a Karamojong blood-letting in Northen Uganda. Then the tourniquet is removed and the animal released to join the herd...

Although the tin pan takes the place of a graduate, still only approximately a pint of blood is drawn from an animal at one time in a Karamojong blood-letting in Northen Uganda. Then the tourniquet is removed and the animal released to join the herd...

Photograph

Nickolas Muray

Maker
American, b. Hungary, 1892–1965

Although the tin pan takes the place of a graduate, still only approximately a pint of blood is drawn from an animal at one time in a Karamojong blood-letting in Northen Uganda. Then the tourniquet is removed and the animal released to join the herd...

From The Great Tribes of Africa


ca. 1957
Gelatin silver print
Image: 26.5 x 34 cm
Mount: 28 x 35.5 cm
Gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray
Inscriptions verso (typed label):

verso (stamp): Photo by Muray / Mrs. Nickolas Muray / 2401 River Road / Pt. Pleasant New Jersey

verso, label (stamp): Photo by Muray / Mrs. Nickolas Muray / 333 E. 49th St. - 6B / New York 17, N.Y.
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