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Girls with Face Painting

ca. 1925 | Paul Schebesta

The characteristic white stripes on the forehead and the white dots at the corners of the mouth are applied with lime paint. They serve as ornament. Other face paintings serve to cure headaches.

The characteristic white stripes on the forehead and the white dots at the corners of the mouth are applied with lime paint. They serve as ornament. Other face paintings serve to cure headaches.

Collection:
Paul Schebesta (1887 Groß-Peterwitz - 1967 Mödling bei Wien) DNB

Time:
ca. 1925

Object Name
print

Culture
Semang

Copyright
Weltmuseum Wien, Fotosammlung

Collection area
Photo Collection

Provenance
Bilder von der österreichischen Lichtbild- und Filmkunststelle über die Semang