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