The dancers of the Catholic procession always wear headresses while doing the sacred dance, Carnival, Brazil

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The dancers of the Catholic procession always wear headresses while doing the sacred dance, Carnival, Brazil
The dancers of the Catholic procession always wear headresses while doing the sacred dance, Carnival, Brazil
Artist/Maker (French, 1902 – 1996)
Date1946
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 7 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (18.4 × 13.3 cm) Image: 5 5/8 × 5 1/4 in. (14.2 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.263
Not on view
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Markings Verso, middle (black ink stamp): "lous droits reserves. / ...oduction interdite / sans la mention / photo / VERGER-ADEP / ADEP, Agence de Docu...on / ..... / Telephone : BABylone 11-71"
Inscribed Verso, top left (pencil): "PV-1000 1250"
Verso, top middle (pencil): "Bresil :"
Verso, top right (pencil): "21/019"
Verso, top right (red pencil): "115"
Verso, middle left (pencil): "33833"
Verso, middle right (pencil): "116"
The dancers of the Catholic procession always wear headresses while do the sacred dance, Carnival, Brazil
The dancers of the Catholic procession always wear headresses while do the sacred dance, Carnival, Brazil
Pierre Verger
Date: c. 1946
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.267
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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Pierre Verger
Date: c. 1939 - 1946
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.266
Untitled (Women in procession during ritual), Tahoua, Nigeria
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Pierre Verger
Date: c. 1948 - 1953
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.278
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Pierre Verger
Date: 1946
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.186
Brésil: Bahia: pecheurs (Sea fishermen, Bahia, Brazil)
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Pierre Verger
Date: 1946
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.187
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Pierre Verger
Date: 1939-1946
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.188
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Pierre Verger
Date: c. 1948 - 1953
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.282
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Pierre Verger
Date: 1939-1946
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.189
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Pierre Verger
Date: 1939-1946
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.190
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Untitled (Horses), Central America
Pierre Verger
Date: 1930-1939
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.191
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Pierre Verger
Date: 1948-1953
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.192
Untitled (Nehera awning), France
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Pierre Verger
Date: 1935-1939
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.193