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The contrasting leather aprons or skirts of two Nyagatom girls. The skirt on the left is richly decorated with metal and copp...
The contrasting leather aprons or skirts of two Nyagatom girls. The skirt on the left is richly decorated with metal and copper beads, the one on the right is embellished with thousands of small white discs or beads, handmade from ostrich shells.The Nyagatom are one of the largest tribes and arguably the most warlike people living along the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia.
Detail of a Maasai warrior's ear ornaments and other beaded or metal adornments. The Maasai practice of piercing ears in adol...
Detail of a Maasai warrior's ear ornaments and other beaded or metal adornments. The Maasai practice of piercing ears in adolescence and gradually elongating the lobes is gradually dying out. This warrior's body and his long braids have been smeared with red ochre mixed with animal fat.
The old Biscuitmill, beads and jewelry accessories, Albert Road, Woodstock, Mielie Design bag, South Africa, Africa
In the early morning, young Samburu girls take kids to their mothers. They will then milk the nanny goats leaving half the mi...
In the early morning, young Samburu girls take kids to their mothers. They will then milk the nanny goats leaving half the milk for the kids. Only women and children milk goats although every member of the family will drink the milk.
A young Samburu boy sucks marrow straight from the leg bone of a cow. Marrow is a much sought-after delicacy. During every Sa...
A young Samburu boy sucks marrow straight from the leg bone of a cow. Marrow is a much sought-after delicacy. During every Samburu ceremony, livestock is slaughtered and meat is roasted over wood fires. Warriors will never eat meat in the presence of married women.
A young Dassanech boy with an elaborate clay hairdo and headband of beads at his village in the Omo Delta. Much the largest o...
A young Dassanech boy with an elaborate clay hairdo and headband of beads at his village in the Omo Delta. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50,000, the Dassanech (also known as the Galeb, Changila or Merille) and Nilotic pastoralists and agriculturalists.
Turkana women and girls are responsible for watering livestock, which is unusual among pastoral societies. Here, a young girl...
Turkana women and girls are responsible for watering livestock, which is unusual among pastoral societies. Here, a young girl waters goats from a waterhole dug in the sand of a seasonal watercourse. Her young brother will control the flow of stock to the water trough. In the background, a man digs out another waterhole; they have to been deepened regularly towards the end of the dry season.
Hamar women dance at a 'Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose wom...
Hamar women dance at a 'Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditional dress and style their red ochred hair mop fashion
Samburu boys wearing the charcoal-blackened goatskin cloaks of those about to be circumcised drive their families' herds to t...
Samburu boys wearing the charcoal-blackened goatskin cloaks of those about to be circumcised drive their families' herds to their lorara (a purpose-built circumcision encampment), shortly before they undergo the ritual. A family's herds must be penned in the lorara until the circumcision
A young Himba boy rides home comfortably on a donkey. Sheepskins and blankets make up his saddle. His body is smeared with a ...
A young Himba boy rides home comfortably on a donkey. Sheepskins and blankets make up his saddle. His body is smeared with a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. The Himba are Herero speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh, dry but starkly beautiful landscape of remote northwest Namibia.
The adornments of Samburu warriors change from generation to generation. In the 1990's cheap plastic flowers from China becam...
The adornments of Samburu warriors change from generation to generation. In the 1990's cheap plastic flowers from China became fashionable.
Uganda, Karamoja, Karamojong Girl From The Mathenico Clan Wearing Traditional Bead Jewellery And With Beadwork To Be Worn By ...
Uganda, Karamoja, Karamojong Girl From The Mathenico Clan Wearing Traditional Bead Jewellery And With Beadwork To Be Worn By Unmarried Girls.
A Samburu woman wearing a mporro necklace, which denotes her married status. These necklaces were once made of hair from gira...
A Samburu woman wearing a mporro necklace, which denotes her married status. These necklaces were once made of hair from giraffe tails but nowadays, the fibres of doum palm fronds are used instead.
Young woman stringing beads for making jewelry, vocational training center, Siantar, Sumatra, Indonesia, Asia
Samburu initiates sing during the month after their circumcision. As their wounds heal, their dances become more energetic. B...
Samburu initiates sing during the month after their circumcision. As their wounds heal, their dances become more energetic. Before long, they imitate the dances of the warriors which, hitherto, they have been forbidden to perform.
A Samburu youth is circumcised outside his mothers house as his two sponsors attend him, one holding his shoulders while turn...
A Samburu youth is circumcised outside his mothers house as his two sponsors attend him, one holding his shoulders while turning his face away from the circumciser, the other holding his right leg.Boys are not allowed to show any sign of fear or pain.
The traditional weaponry of the Turkana warriors consisted of a long-shafted spear with a narrow blade, a small rectangular s...
The traditional weaponry of the Turkana warriors consisted of a long-shafted spear with a narrow blade, a small rectangular shield made of giraffe or buffalo hide, a wrist knife worn round the assailant's right wrist and one or two finger knives for gouging out an enemy's eyes. They must have been an awesome sight in full battle cry. Modern arms have now replaced the old ways of fighting.
Early in the morning, a Samburu youth sings the lebarta, the Samburu circumcision song, just after he has been circumcised ou...
Early in the morning, a Samburu youth sings the lebarta, the Samburu circumcision song, just after he has been circumcised outside his mothers house. One of his sponsors attends him by holding his back. Boys are not allowed to show any sign of fear or pain.
Ethiopia, Omo Delta. A young Dassanech girl wears a leather skirt, metal bracelets and amulets and beadss. A leather strap wi...
Ethiopia, Omo Delta. A young Dassanech girl wears a leather skirt, metal bracelets and amulets and beadss. A leather strap with cowrie shells hangs down her back.
A Turkana woman with braided hair wearing heavy beaded necklaces and a black ostrich feather in the typical attire of Turkana...
A Turkana woman with braided hair wearing heavy beaded necklaces and a black ostrich feather in the typical attire of Turkana married women.
Man wearing a colorful bead headband and necklace, portrait, at the markets in Dimeka, Ethiopia, Africa
Pokot women and girls dancing to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language...
Pokot women and girls dancing to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.
Two Samburu warriors resplendent with long Ochred braids and beaded ornaments relax in typical pose beside a river bank.
A MASSAI woman (chiefs wife), adorned with tribal JEWELRY in her village along the rim of NGORONGORO CRATER, TANZANIA
The numerous decorated iron bracelets worn by a Datoga woman. During song and dance, she will rub them together to keep rhyth...
The numerous decorated iron bracelets worn by a Datoga woman. During song and dance, she will rub them together to keep rhythm. Her traditional attire includes a beautifully tanned leather dress embellished with beads. The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists.
A Maasai warrior resplendent with long ochred braids. His body has been smeared with red ochre mixed with animal fat while pa...
A Maasai warrior resplendent with long ochred braids. His body has been smeared with red ochre mixed with animal fat while parts of his face have been covered with ochre powder.
A Himba street vendor at Opuwo who sells Himba Jewellery, arts and crafts to passing tourists. The Himba are Herero-speaking ...
A Himba street vendor at Opuwo who sells Himba Jewellery, arts and crafts to passing tourists. The Himba are Herero-speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh, dry but starkly beautiful landscape of remote northwest Namibia.
Portrait of smiling old Pamiri woman, Langar, Wakhan corridor, The Pamirs, Tajikistan, Central Asia, Asia
Young blond woman standing in her bathroom with her back to the camera. Wearing underwear.
A Hamar woman at Turmi Market.The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditi...
A Hamar woman at Turmi Market.The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditional dress and style their red-ochred hair mop-fashion. Skins are widely used for clothing and heavy metal necklaces, bracelets and anklets form part of their adornments.
Panama, San Blas Islands, Kuna Indigenous Tribe, 'Portrait Of A Kuna Indian Woman In Hammock With Gold Jewelry Including Gold...
Panama, San Blas Islands, Kuna Indigenous Tribe, 'Portrait Of A Kuna Indian Woman In Hammock With Gold Jewelry Including Gold Nose Ring And Rings On Fingers, Bead Design Arm Bands, Wearing Brightly Coloured Layered Applique Traditional Mola With Fine Bird Design Beads On Arms And A Gold Nose Ring. Cuna'
A young Samburu man leads a donkey carrying the basic structure of a temporary home. The curved sticks will be tied together ...
A young Samburu man leads a donkey carrying the basic structure of a temporary home. The curved sticks will be tied together in a dome and covered with hides and woven mats to form a temporary shelter in a stock camp. Donkeys are widely used by the Samburu as beasts of burden.
Blanket-clad Samburu elders converse outside a lorara, a purpose-built circumcision encampment for boys. The elders meet freq...
Blanket-clad Samburu elders converse outside a lorara, a purpose-built circumcision encampment for boys. The elders meet frequently in the days leading up to their sons' circumcision to discuss the arrangements.
Karo men excel in body art. Before a dance, they will decorate their faces and torsos elaborately using local white chalk, pu...
Karo men excel in body art. Before a dance, they will decorate their faces and torsos elaborately using local white chalk, pulverised rock and other natural pigments. While older men style their hair with clay, young men prefer to braid theirs. The Karo are a small tribe living in three main villages along the lower reaches of the Omo River in southwest Ethiopia.
Gabbra women sing and dance to celebrate a wedding. The traditional metal ornamentation on their heads is called malmal.
A Turkana woman sitting in the doorway of her hut. Her heavy mporro braided necklace identifies her as a married woman. Typic...
A Turkana woman sitting in the doorway of her hut. Her heavy mporro braided necklace identifies her as a married woman. Typical of her tribe, she wears many layers of bead necklaces and a beaded headband.
A Hamar woman at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women we...
A Hamar woman at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditional dress and style their red ochred hair mop fashion.
A Datoga young man in traditional attire. His braids are embellished with beads and aluminium can openers. Many of his white ...
A Datoga young man in traditional attire. His braids are embellished with beads and aluminium can openers. Many of his white plastic bracelets are beautifully decorated with abstract and geometrical designs, long ago these bracelets would have been made of ivory.
A necklace consisting of large blue glass beads on a silver wire. One bead is in focus in the foreground and the rest fall ou...
A necklace consisting of large blue glass beads on a silver wire. One bead is in focus in the foreground and the rest fall out of focus on the light grey background.
Beads of dew glistening like strings of glass beads hanging from garden spider web in early June summer sun 6.00am. Calne, Wi...
Beads of dew glistening like strings of glass beads hanging from garden spider web in early June summer sun 6.00am. Calne, Wiltshire, UK
Close up of a young Hamar womans attire during a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. She holds a Hamar tin trumpet in her right han...
Close up of a young Hamar womans attire during a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. She holds a Hamar tin trumpet in her right hand, which are only blown by women.The semi nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age grade system that includes several rites of passage for young men.
A young married Pokot woman wearing the traditional beaded ornaments of her tribe which denote her married status. The Pokot ...
A young married Pokot woman wearing the traditional beaded ornaments of her tribe which denote her married status. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.
A pretty Borana girl at Mega in southern Ethiopia wears brightly coloured cotton cloth and numerous strings of beads.;The pas...
A pretty Borana girl at Mega in southern Ethiopia wears brightly coloured cotton cloth and numerous strings of beads.;The pastoral Borana live either side of the southern Ethiopian/northern Kenya border and form a large and important group of the Oromo-speaking cluster of tribes.
The Roskilde Cross. C.1100. Byzantine reliquary cross of gold. Contains a splinter of the Holy Cross. Found in the rood arch ...
The Roskilde Cross. C.1100. Byzantine reliquary cross of gold. Contains a splinter of the Holy Cross. Found in the rood arch crucifix of Roskilde Cathedral. National Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark.
A Hadza girl wearing a beaded headband and necklaces. The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who hav...
A Hadza girl wearing a beaded headband and necklaces. The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who have lived in the Lake Eyasi basin for centuries. They are one of only four or five societies in the world that still earn a living primarily from wild resources.
Prehistory, Italy. Horn disk with engraved decorations and elements of an amber necklace. From Castione Marchesi, province of...
Prehistory, Italy. Horn disk with engraved decorations and elements of an amber necklace. From Castione Marchesi, province of Parma.
A Hamar woman blows a tin trumpet at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Eth...
A Hamar woman blows a tin trumpet at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditional dress and style their red ochred hair mop fashion.
Portrait of a Tibetan nomad woman with turquoise and silver jewellery, at Tongren, Qinghai, China, Asia
Burlesque performer with red painted lips and red long beaded earrings and matching necklace and netting covering her face
Pokot women and girls dancing to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language...
Pokot women and girls dancing to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.
Florida, Miami, Little Haiti, Little Haiti Cultural Center, jewelry workshop, class, Hispanic, Black, woman, student, teacher...
Florida, Miami, Little Haiti, Little Haiti Cultural Center, jewelry workshop, class, Hispanic, Black, woman, student, teacher, stringing beads, making, bracelet, necklace,
A colorful Mardi Gras mask and bead necklaces on a white background. Shot with Canon 5D Mark II.
Panama, San Blas Islands Ustupu, Kuna Indians, Kuna Woman Wearing Traditional Mola With Fine Layered Applique Design Black Li...
Panama, San Blas Islands Ustupu, Kuna Indians, Kuna Woman Wearing Traditional Mola With Fine Layered Applique Design Black Line Drawn From Forehead Along Length Of Nose Typical Coloured Bead Amulets Cuna Caribbean American Central America Classic Classical Female Women Girl Lady Hispanic Historical Jewelry Latin America Latino Older Panamanian West Indies
Necklaces and hand bags at a market stall, Cinque Terre National Park, Via Roma, Vernazza, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
Child and Maasai holding staff on beach, Close Up, Diani Beach, Mombasa Coast, Indian Ocean, Kenya
Side view of brass handle of old wooden door and colourful beaded necklace with shopping bag in the background. Buenos Aires,...
Side view of brass handle of old wooden door and colourful beaded necklace with shopping bag in the background. Buenos Aires, Argentina
A Mursi child is carried safely in her mothers decorated leather garments. The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affini...
A Mursi child is carried safely in her mothers decorated leather garments. The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affinities with the Shilluk and Anuak of eastern Sudan. They live in a remote area of southwest Ethiopia along the Omo River.
A pretty Samburu girl dances with warriors of her tribeGirls arch their backs and by thrusting out their chests flick their n...
A pretty Samburu girl dances with warriors of her tribeGirls arch their backs and by thrusting out their chests flick their necklaces up and down as they dance silently to the songs of the warriors. 0B;
A Karo girl with the ringlets of her hair caked with clay and red ochre an unusual hairstyle but not uncommon along the Omo R...
A Karo girl with the ringlets of her hair caked with clay and red ochre an unusual hairstyle but not uncommon along the Omo River.The Karo are a small tribe living in three main villages along the lower reaches of the Omo River in southwest Ethiopia.
A Mursi child is carried safely in her mothers decorated leather garments. The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affini...
A Mursi child is carried safely in her mothers decorated leather garments. The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affinities with the Shilluk and Anuak of eastern Sudan. They live in a remote area of southwest Ethiopia along the Omo River.
Indiana University Fans Celebrate Basketball Victory,Indiana University basketball fans cheer for their team on the eve of th...
Indiana University Fans Celebrate Basketball Victory,Indiana University basketball fans cheer for their team on the eve of the Championship Game versus Maryland.
A Hadza boy carrying a bow and arrow.The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who have lived in the La...
A Hadza boy carrying a bow and arrow.The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who have lived in the Lake Eyasi basin for centuries. They are one of only four or five societies in the world that still earn a living primarily from wild resources.
Gabbra women sing and dance to celebrate a wedding. The traditional metal ornamentation on their heads is called malmal.
Egypt, Bahariya Oasis, Valley of the Golden Mummies, carnelian necklace and pendant with lion
An old Datoga woman. Her traditional attire includes a beautifully tanned and decorated leather dress The Datoga (known to th...
An old Datoga woman. Her traditional attire includes a beautifully tanned and decorated leather dress The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live in northern Tanzania and are primarily pastoralists.
An Afar girl with braided hair has very noticeable scarification on her cheeks. Scarification is practiced in only a few sect...
An Afar girl with braided hair has very noticeable scarification on her cheeks. Scarification is practiced in only a few sections of her tribe. Proud and fiercely independent, the nomadic Afar people live in the low-lying deserts of Eastern Ethiopia
A Samburu mother wears an ochred goatskin cape ready for milking a cow the evening before her son is circumcised. This distin...
A Samburu mother wears an ochred goatskin cape ready for milking a cow the evening before her son is circumcised. This distinctive cape is worn only at circumcision ceremonies. The milk must be drawn from a cow that has not given birth more than twice and will be poured over her son's head just before he is circumcised early the next morning.
The stretched lower lip of this Mursi woman is unsightly when she takes out her large clay lip plate. She has a leather apron...
The stretched lower lip of this Mursi woman is unsightly when she takes out her large clay lip plate. She has a leather apron decorated with metal rings on her head to shade her from the sun. Shortly before marriage, a girls lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so while some of her teeth will be removed for the plate to fit snugly. The size of the lip plate often determines the quantum of the bride price.
India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur, Portrait Of A Young Indian Girl At Meherangarh Fort Wearing Nose Ring And Chain And Traditional Be...
India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur, Portrait Of A Young Indian Girl At Meherangarh Fort Wearing Nose Ring And Chain And Traditional Bead Jewelery And Black Kohl Eyeliner.
A Turkana woman wears all the finery of her tribe: brass lip plug, beaded collar decorated with bleached shells of the Africa...
A Turkana woman wears all the finery of her tribe: brass lip plug, beaded collar decorated with bleached shells of the African land snail, leaf-like ear ornaments and metal earrings from which hang tiny rings of goat horn.
RUSSIA, SIBERIA, NEAR ULAN UDE, ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM, PORTRAIT OF YOUNG MONGOLIAN (BURYAT) WOMAN
An elder of the Karo tribe, a small Omotic tribe related to the Hamar, who live along the banks of the Omo River in southwest...
An elder of the Karo tribe, a small Omotic tribe related to the Hamar, who live along the banks of the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia. The Karo are renowned for their elaborate body painting using white chalk, crushed rock and other natural pigments. This man also has a clay hairdo typical of tribal elders. Like most adult males he carries a rifle.
A Pokot woman in traditional attire with patterned cicatrices on her back attends an Atelo ceremony. Her broad belt is made w...
A Pokot woman in traditional attire with patterned cicatrices on her back attends an Atelo ceremony. Her broad belt is made with the metacarpus and metatarsal bones of dikdiks interspersed with beads.
Maasai girls in all their finery and with bells tied round their legs wait at the entrance to a house before dancing with war...
Maasai girls in all their finery and with bells tied round their legs wait at the entrance to a house before dancing with warriors.
Song is an art form ingrained in Turkana culture. At the end of a dance session, the participants invariably enjoy the Song o...
Song is an art form ingrained in Turkana culture. At the end of a dance session, the participants invariably enjoy the Song of the Bulls. Each young man will take centre-stage to extol the praises of his favourite ox. He will explain how it came into his possession, its distinguishing traits and with outstretched arms, imitate the shape of its horns.
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