Age Mates
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- Title Age Mates
- Category Painting
- Medium Batik
- Dimensions 22"h x 34.5"w
- Framed Dimensions 22"h x 34.5"w
- Year Completed 1999
- Notes Sironka’s work is a commentary on the Maasai, his people’s way of life. The Maasai have always adhered to age-set groupings in their family and community hierarchy. Once a young boy is circumcised, he is from then on considered to have become a man. The departure from youth leads to more recognition as he can now be given greater responsibilities. The other stages that a Maasai man will experience are that of becoming a warrior, then an elder, and finally a senior elder. *Sironka, Nicholas. A Gift from God?: Batik Art on the Maasai Culture, 2000. [Whitworth University Library NK9503 .S57]
- Artist Nicholas Sironka Maasai, Kenya Fulbright Scholar (1999), Visiting Professor of Art (2000-2001) b. 1962
- Credit University purchase
- Location Dixon 2nd Floor Hall
- Accession Number 1999.0024
- Status Checked Out
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