Kenya, Kikuyu women perform a ceremonial dance during an annual circumcision ritual, marking the initiation of adolescent girls into adulthood. Original manuscript caption: Dance before the circumcision of girls at puberty, by an old woman with a rusty knife (Cliterodectomy). South Nyeri, 1936, 1937. 1995/076/1/2/5/26.

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Kikuyu ritual circumcision dance

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