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John KennySamburu Adornment by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount2009
2009
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I met this young married Samburu in the middle of a busy market in western Kenya. She was with a group of young women browsing the wooden stalls dotted across the dusty red earth in the lowlands of the Matthew’s Range. In Samburu communities young men spend years as warriors – a wandering lifestyle which make it impossible for them to marry. Instead they take girlfriends and give them beads and necklaces to indicate their relationship.
Samburu girls adore receiving these presents and adorn themselves in more and more necklaces. The girl in this picture, although now married to an elder, still shows her beads from the time of being promised to a warrior: they are the band of 8 or so thin necklaces right in the middle of her impressive shoulder adornment.
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and in their day to day attire.
The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount giving them a 3-dimensional appearance and a contemporary look.
Edition of 25
Presentation: Acrylic face mounted C-type print
Signed by the Artist
Certificate of Authenticity
Country – Kenya
Culture – Samburu
Year – 2009
Size - 26.5" x 18"
- Creator:John Kenny
- Creation Year:2009
- Dimensions:Height: 26.5 in (67.31 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:Edition of 12. 36" x 24"Price: $2,160Edition of 3. 54" x 36"Price: $4,739
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- Gallery Location:Coltishall, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU154628202912
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