Traditional Indian dance mask from the town of Monimbo, adopted by the rebels during the fight against Somoza to conceal identity (from “Nicaragua, June 1978 – July 1979”)

Susan Meiselas

1981

  • Titles Traditional Indian dance mask from the town of Monimbo, adopted by the rebels during the fight against Somoza to conceal identity (from "Nicaragua, June 1978 - July 1979") (Proper)
  • Artist Susan Meiselas, American, born 1948
  • Medium Cibachrome print
  • Dimensions sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) image: 19 1/2 × 13 in. (49.5 × 33 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase with funds provided by the Photography Guild, 1991.856, image Susan Meiselas/Magnum Photos
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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