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Jean-Baptiste Sevette


            Young Dinka Man
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            Woman Wearing A Labret
            Made of Ivory or Fish Vertebra

             Date: 1980
             Location: Murle Tribe, Ngangala Region
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             Date: 1975
             Location: Nuer Tribe, Malawal Region, Sobat River
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            Woman Wearing a Bead Labret

             Women Are Scarified at Puberty,
             On Marriage and at the Birth of Each Child,
             The stage each woman has reached can
             thus be read on her body.             

             Date: 1971
             Location: Nuer Tribe, Jekaw Region
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            Woman Wearing A Bead Labret with Her Child

             Date: 1971
             Location: Nuer Tribe, Jekaw Region
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The last four photographs are published in
Bilad Al-Sudan
The Herders of the White Nile
by Jean-Baptiste Sevette

 

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