Flagellation Dance, Cuzco, Peru (After the flagellation dance, the dancer faints -- when they lay on the "rods of life" and the passage is accomplished.)

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Flagellation Dance, Cuzco, Peru (After the flagellation dance, the dancer faints -- when they lay on the "rods of life" and the passage is accomplished.)
Flagellation Dance, Cuzco, Peru (After the flagellation dance, the dancer faints -- when they lay on the "rods of life" and the passage is accomplished.)
Artist/Maker (French, 1902 – 1996)
Datec. 1939 - 1946
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 7 1/4 × 7 1/8 in. (18.4 × 18 cm) Image: 7 1/4 × 7 1/8 in. (18.4 × 18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.266
Not on view
DescriptionAfter the flagellation dance, the performer is broken and flogged to the point of fainting - He is then laid on the "rods of life" where he will regain his senses; the "rite of passage" is accomplished.

Additional Details

Markings Verso, bottom middle (black ink stamp): "tous droits reserves. / reproduction interdite / sans la mention / photo / VERGER-ADEP / ADEP Agence de Documentation / ... / Telephone : BABylone 11-71"
Inscribed Verso, top left (pencil): "PV-1014 1500"
Verso, top left (pencil): "21/019"
Verso, top middle (pencil): "Cuzco -- Danse de la Flagellation"
Verso, middle (blue pen): "Apres la danse de flagellation l'esecutant est rompu fusgee a l'evanouissement - On el couche alors sur les "verges de vie" ou il reprendra ses sens le rite "de passage" est accompli."
Verso, top right (red pencil): "129"
Verso, left top to bottom (pencil): long, double ended arrow with "reduine a 8cm de haul"
Verso, left top to bottom (red marker): long, double ended arrow with "80 m/m"
Verso, top left (pencil): "183"
Verso, middle left (black pen): "9120"
Verso, middle (pencil): "29 557"
Verso, bottom right (red pencil): "B"
Verso bottom right (red marker): "Photo 6"
Verso, bottom right (blue pen, encircled): "430"
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