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This despairing woman, an inmate at the asylum, has had her head shaved and coated with Papa Kitoko’s special herbal potion

This despairing woman, an inmate at the asylum, has had her head shaved and coated with Papa Kitoko’s special herbal potion
 (1992)

Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
33.2 × 49.6 cm (image) 40.6 × 50.8 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Luanda, Angola
Inscription
typed on accompanying paper label: STEPHEN DUPONT (underlined) / This despairing woman, an inmate at the asylum, has had her head shaved and / coated with Papa Kitoko’s special herbal potion.
Accession Number
1996.522
Department
Australian Photography
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Coles Myer Ltd, Governor, 1996
© Stephen Dupont
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Daryl and Anne Whinney
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Gallery location
Not on display