Xhosa young initiate

Xhosa young initiate

Photograph

Peter Magubane

Maker
South African, 1932–2024

Xhosa young initiate

2000
Chromogenic development print
Paper: 11 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (30.2 × 40.4 cm)
Image: 10 1/16 × 15 1/2 in. (25.6 × 39.4 cm)
Gift of the FiftyCrows Foundation, 2015
2015.0133.0337
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink on applied label to verso, BR: Xhosa young men / Rite of Passage / Celebration 2000 / Burning the Past enter into menhood [sic].
Inscribed in pencil on applied label to verso, BR: MagubaneFC11

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