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Limon

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Photographer · 1992–2017

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Date: 2018
Medium: Hand-printed silkscreen print
Culture: Gambian / British
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum
Object ID: c535d88f-8cf8-45c4-b98f-abc7d2f4a032

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A silkscreen enlargement from a tintype depicting a self-portrait of Saye holding a string of plastic lemons in her mouth, "Limon" in her native Senegambian language of Wolof. The lemon has implications of cleansing of the body and protection from evil spirits.

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