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Dark-skinned man with white hair, beard, purple robe sits on mat in dim room, green wall
Gaoussou Naciré, Marabout et Maître Coranique. Djenné-Djoboro (Gaoussou Naciré, Marabout and Qur’anic Teacher. Djenné-Djoboro), from the series Des Marabouts de Djenné (Marabouts of Djenné)
Dark-skinned man with white hair, beard, purple robe sits on mat in dim room, green wall

Gaoussou Naciré, Marabout et Maître Coranique. Djenné-Djoboro (Gaoussou Naciré, Marabout and Qur’anic Teacher. Djenné-Djoboro), from the series Des Marabouts de Djenné (Marabouts of Djenné)

Artist (Malian, born 1992)
Printer (2017 - 2024)
DateApril 2018, printed 2023
MediumInkjet print, pigment-based
ClassificationPhotograph
Credit LineMary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Irwin and Andra S. Press Collection Endowment Fund purchase
Object number2022.17.14
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December 2017, printed 2023
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December 2017, printed 2023
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December 2017, printed 2023
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Hamdia Traoré
December 2017, printed 2023
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