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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
(1992)

Medium
gelatin silver photograph

Measurements
33.2 × 49.6 cm (image) 40.6 × 50.8 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Coles Myer Ltd, Governor, 1996
© Stephen Dupont

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

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

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