[A bull is slaughtered at a Tslis Tavi ceremony]
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[A bull is slaughtered at a Tslis Tavi ceremony]

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Photograph

Aaron Huey

Maker
American, b. 1975

[A bull is slaughtered at a Tslis Tavi ceremony]

From Svanetia (National Geographic Magazine)


2004
Inkjet print
Image: 7 3/8 × 4 3/4 in. (18.7 × 12.1 cm)
Paper: 7 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (19.7 × 13.3 cm)
Mount: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
Gift of the FiftyCrows Foundation, 2015
2015.0133.1647
Inscriptions Printed in black ink on mount on recto, BC: 8. A bull is slaughtered at a Tslis Tavi (italicized) in Ushguli, in preparation for the / celebration feast commemorating the life of the deceased. / (c) 2004 Aaron Huey

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