Image Title:
Dance cooley kut, Niamey

Note:
"The painting depicts the ancient dance-coolies Kuta imitating human sacrifice, once taken in this area: the priestess sharpens knives and preparing to bring the most beautiful girls in the tribe sacrifice to the god of thunder and lightning Sango" [Wikipedia]

Artist: 
Aleksandr Yevgen'yevich Yakovlev (1887-1938)

Image Source:
Wikipedia

Subject:
Dance - Cooley Kut - Human Sacifice - Priestess - Africa - Sango - Sacrifice - Ancient Dance

Date:
1926

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-Dan-10

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