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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.





Girls of the Tsemay tribe of remote Southwest Ethiopia wear attractively decorated leather skirts and aprons, and braid their...
Girls of the Tsemay tribe of remote Southwest Ethiopia wear attractively decorated leather skirts and aprons, and braid their hair in a number of different eye-catching styles.The Tsemay are a small tribe neighbouring the more numerous Hamar people with whom they share a common language.





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.





MR YOUNG WOMAN'S PORTRAIT WITH REFLECTION OF PALM TREES AND BEACH IN HER SUNGLASSES GUADELOUPE FRENCH WEST INDIES





Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, P...
Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific





Shells, beads and coconuts are laid out for the summer influx of tourists to Mancora - a beach village popular with domestic ...
Shells, beads and coconuts are laid out for the summer influx of tourists to Mancora - a beach village popular with domestic holidaymakers in northern Peru.





Egyptian civilization, Carnelian and shells necklace with pendant depicting a lion. From Bahariya Oasis, Valley of the Golden...
Egyptian civilization, Carnelian and shells necklace with pendant depicting a lion. From Bahariya Oasis, Valley of the Golden Mummies, 2nd century a.d.





A Himba woman in traditional attire. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her long hair is style...
A Himba woman in traditional attire. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her long hair is styled in the traditional Himba way and is crowned with a headdress made of lambskin, called erembe. Her large, round white beaded necklace, called ombwari, is worn by both sexes. Leather garments continue to be worn.





Water, by Giuseppe Arcimboldi (1527-1593). Oil on wood, 67x51 cm, 1566. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.





A Hamar woman holds a tin trumpet at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Eth...
A Hamar woman holds 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.





Girl Hamer tribe. Lower basin of Omo river. Gathering before the fest of the whipping ceremony and the bull jumping. Copper s...
Girl Hamer tribe. Lower basin of Omo river. Gathering before the fest of the whipping ceremony and the bull jumping. Copper skin with very fine features and wear metal arm and leg bracelets, shells and beads. South Ethiopia.





Young woman wearing cowry shell necklaces and various adornment market of Keyafer Ethiopia





Papua New Guinea, Western Highlands, Mount Hagen, Sing Sing Annual Cultural Show promoting ancient cultures against the threa...
Papua New Guinea, Western Highlands, Mount Hagen, Sing Sing Annual Cultural Show promoting ancient cultures against the threats of extinction by Western influence





A Hamar woman sits on the ground breast-feeding her baby in the village square of Dimeka. Married women wear two heavy steel ...
A Hamar woman sits on the ground breast-feeding her baby in the village square of Dimeka. Married women wear two heavy steel necklaces. This woman wears an extra necklace with steel a steel phallic symbol which identifies her as a first wife. She also wears a goatskin capefringed with cowrie shells and her hair long in a braided fringe matted with animal fat and ochre.





Drilled hole in shell washed up on beach, caused by Necklace Shell (Polinices sp.) predation, Braunton Burrows, Devon, Englan...
Drilled hole in shell washed up on beach, caused by Necklace Shell (Polinices sp.) predation, Braunton Burrows, Devon, England, october





MR TOPLESS YOUNG WOMAN WITH REFLECTION OF PALM TREES AND BEACH IN HER SUNGLASSES GUADELOUPE FRENCH WEST INDIES





ARTE AFRICANO. SIGLO XIX. CAMERUN. TRONO DE MADERA decorado con cuentas de vidrio y conchas. Tribus Bamileke. Bansoa (Camerún...
ARTE AFRICANO. SIGLO XIX. CAMERUN. TRONO DE MADERA decorado con cuentas de vidrio y conchas. Tribus Bamileke. Bansoa (Camerún). Museo de Arte Nelson-Atkins (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art). Kansas City. Estado de Missouri. Estados Unidos.





Kalasha valley, Chitral, Northern Pakistan.A young Kalasha woman wearing traditional dress.





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





Namibia, Bushmanland. Portrait of a San (Bushman) woman at Nhoqma village (pronounced //Nhoq'ma) near Tsumkwe in northeast Na...
Namibia, Bushmanland. Portrait of a San (Bushman) woman at Nhoqma village (pronounced //Nhoq'ma) near Tsumkwe in northeast Namibia.





The Pokot have a small ceremony called Koyogho when a man pays his in-laws the balance of the agreed dowry for his wife. This...
The Pokot have a small ceremony called Koyogho when a man pays his in-laws the balance of the agreed dowry for his wife. This may take place many years after he marries her. His friend wait patiently for the conclusion of the ritual.





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.





ARTE. EDAD MEDIA. EUROPA DEL NORTE. LETONIA. Relaciones comerciales con la antigua Rusia. Siglos XII-XIII. Cruces de bronce y...
ARTE. EDAD MEDIA. EUROPA DEL NORTE. LETONIA. Relaciones comerciales con la antigua Rusia. Siglos XII-XIII. Cruces de bronce y estaño, colgantes de bronce, distribuidor de cinturón de bronce, pulseras, cucharas, colgante de conchas y empuñadura de hueso. Museo de la Historia y la Navegación. Riga. Letonia. Europa.





Hawaii, Oahu, Headshot of a European Male wearing a white shell necklace standing in front of a Palm frond at the beach.





A young Dassanech girl wears her hair partially braided and coated in animal fat and ochre. Typical of her tribe, she has on ...
A young Dassanech girl wears her hair partially braided and coated in animal fat and ochre. Typical of her tribe, she has on a leather skirt, metal bracelets and amulets and layers of bead necklaces. A long leather strap decorated with cowrie shells hangs down her back.





A Karo woman paints her daughters face with white chalk. The mother has styled her hair with mud and ochre. She wears a calfs...
A Karo woman paints her daughters face with white chalk. The mother has styled her hair with mud and ochre. She wears a calfskin cape edged with cowrie shells, and layers of beads, bracelets and amulets. A small Omotic tribe related to the Hamar, who live along the banks of the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia.





A Maasai warrior blows a trumpet fashioned from the horn of a Greater Kudu. The strap is decorated with cowrie shells. Kudu-h...
A Maasai warrior blows a trumpet fashioned from the horn of a Greater Kudu. The strap is decorated with cowrie shells. Kudu-horn trumpets are only sounded to call men to arms or on ceremonial occasions.





A Himba woman in traditional attire. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her long hair is style...
A Himba woman in traditional attire. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her long hair is styled in the traditional Himba way and is crowned with a headdress made of lambskin, which is called erembe.





Solomons, native men wearing traditional face paint and costume pose with tourist family NO MODEL RELEASE





A Pokot woman wearing the traditional beaded ornaments of her tribe which denote her married status. The Pokot are pastoralis...
A Pokot woman wearing the traditional beaded ornaments of her tribe which denote her married status. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.





Papua New Guinea, Topless native woman with necklaces and feather headdress NO MODEL RELEASE





Young Karo tribesman wearing feathers in a headband and necklaces of Kauri Shells standing between straw huts, portrait, Kolc...
Young Karo tribesman wearing feathers in a headband and necklaces of Kauri Shells standing between straw huts, portrait, Kolcho, South Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa





A young Himba girl in traditional attire. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her long hair is ...
A young Himba girl in traditional attire. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her long hair is styled in the traditional Himba way. The Himba are Herero speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh, dry but starkly beautiful landscape of remote northwest Namibia.





Sing Sing of Mount Hagen, a cultural show with ethnic groups, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific





During a Hamar Jumping of the Bull ceremony. Here milk is poured over the wooden penis as a blessing. The semi nomadic Hamar ...
During a Hamar Jumping of the Bull ceremony. Here milk is poured over the wooden penis as a blessing. The semi nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age grade system that includes several rites of passage for young men.





Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara archipelago, cruise on Silolona boat, a wonderful traditional sailboat wiyh 5 luxous cabins onboard ...
Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara archipelago, cruise on Silolona boat, a wonderful traditional sailboat wiyh 5 luxous cabins onboard (The song of the Captain)





A Hamar woman being whipped by a man at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest ...
A Hamar woman being whipped by a man 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 young Afar girl at Filwoha in the Awash National Park. Filwoha in the Afar language means 'hot water'. The beautiful spring...
A young Afar girl at Filwoha in the Awash National Park. Filwoha in the Afar language means 'hot water'. The beautiful springs rise from deep underground at about 96.8 degrees F.





Two girl friends one with traditional cowry shells adornment the other dressed in a modern O2 T_shirt market of Keyafer Ethio...
Two girl friends one with traditional cowry shells adornment the other dressed in a modern O2 T_shirt market of Keyafer Ethiopia





Myanmar Burma, Sagaing Region, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Naga lady wearing conche shell necklace





MR YOUNG WOMAN'S PORTRAIT WITH REFLECTION OF PALM TREES AND BEACH IN HER SUNGLASSES GUADELOUPE FRENCH WEST INDIES





SARTAL DE PLACAS DE PIRITA CON INCRUSTACIONES DE CONCHA DE JIQUILPAN - ANALES DEL MUSEO DE MICHOACAN - NUMERO 3 - SEGUNDA EPO...
SARTAL DE PLACAS DE PIRITA CON INCRUSTACIONES DE CONCHA DE JIQUILPAN - ANALES DEL MUSEO DE MICHOACAN - NUMERO 3 - SEGUNDA EPOCA. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA, MADRID, SPAIN.





An attractive Hamar girl in traditional dress. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists whose women have striking styles of tr...
An attractive Hamar girl in traditional dress. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists whose women have striking styles of traditional dress. Skins are widely used for clothing and cowrie shells are popular adornments yet the sea is 500 miles from their home





Hamer lady wearing traditional goat skin dress decorated with cowie shells, Dombo village, Turmi, Lower Omo valley, Ethiopia,...
Hamer lady wearing traditional goat skin dress decorated with cowie shells, Dombo village, Turmi, Lower Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa





An attractive Hamar woman leads a goat to sell at Dimeka, the largest market in the Hamar country of Southwest Ethiopia. Peop...
An attractive Hamar woman leads a goat to sell at Dimeka, the largest market in the Hamar country of Southwest Ethiopia. People travel there great distances on foot to attend the weekly commercial and social event.





Pacific Islands, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, 'Malaita Province, Lau Lagoon, Foueda Island. Girls Performing Wedding Dance Wea...
Pacific Islands, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, 'Malaita Province, Lau Lagoon, Foueda Island. Girls Performing Wedding Dance Wearing Multi-Strand Shell And Coral Necklaces.'





culture, ethnic, person, indigenous, people, native, tribes, old, tribes woman, highlander, headdress, feather, feathers, fac...
culture, ethnic, person, indigenous, people, native, tribes, old, tribes woman, highlander, headdress, feather, feathers, face paint, bird of paradise, necklace, shell, shells, portrait, rainforest, Goroka, Show, Eastern Highland Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania





culture, ethnic, person, indigenous, people, native, tribes, tribes woman, highlander, headdress, feather, feathers, face pai...
culture, ethnic, person, indigenous, people, native, tribes, tribes woman, highlander, headdress, feather, feathers, face paint, bird of paradise, necklace, shell, shells, portrait, face, rainforest, Goroka, Show, Eastern Highland Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania





Karo woman with necklaces made of Cowry shells and a jar on the head, Omo river valley, Southern Ethiopia





An Afar girl has tribal scarification on her cheeks. Scarification is practiced in only a few sections of her tribe. Proud an...
An Afar girl has tribal 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 Himba woman in traditional attire adjusts her headdress. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. ...
A Himba woman in traditional attire adjusts her headdress. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her long hair is styled in the traditional Himba way and is crowned with a headdress made of lambskin, called erembe.





An old Himba woman relaxes outside her home. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her hair is st...
An old Himba woman relaxes outside her home. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her hair is styled in the traditional Himba way and is crowned with a headdress made of lambskin, called erembe.





Hawaii, Oahu, Headshot of a European Male wearing a white shell necklace standing in front of a Palm frond at the beach.





Ethiopia, Lower Omo Valley, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, young woman from the Hamer Tribe dressed in an animal skin an...
Ethiopia, Lower Omo Valley, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, young woman from the Hamer Tribe dressed in an animal skin and bone necklace





Starfish, shells, jewelry, necklace, skin, Ibiza, Pine Islands, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe





An attractive Hamar woman at Dimeka, the largest market in the Hamar country of Southwest Ethiopia. People travel there great...
An attractive Hamar woman at Dimeka, the largest market in the Hamar country of Southwest Ethiopia. People travel there great distances on foot to attend the weekly commercial and social event.





Ethiopia, Omo Valley, Mago National Park, Womans Necklaces And Traditional Goatskin Dress Decorated With Cowrie Shells





A Himba youth with his hair styled in a long plait, known as ondatu. Once married, he will split the ondatu into two plaits a...
A Himba youth with his hair styled in a long plait, known as ondatu. Once married, he will split the ondatu into two plaits and keep them covered. His heavy white-beaded necklace, ombwari, will have been made for him by his mother. They are worn by both men and women. The Himba are Herero-speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh, dry but starkly beautiful landscape of remote northwest Namibia.





A Hamar woman blows a tin horn at the bull -jumping ceremony of a man in her family, a rite of passage to manhood. She wears ...
A Hamar woman blows a tin horn at the bull -jumping ceremony of a man in her family, a rite of passage to manhood. She wears a leather belt decorated with cowrie shells around her neck. As is normal for her tribe she wears her hair braided and thick with ochre and animal fat.





An old Pokot woman dancing during an Atelo ceremony. The cow horn container usually contains animal fat.





A young Maasai girl wears a headband decorated with chains and cowrie shells that signifies her recent circumcision. Clitodec...
A young Maasai girl wears a headband decorated with chains and cowrie shells that signifies her recent circumcision. Clitodectomy was commonly practiced by the Maasai but it is now gradually dying out.





Ethiopia, Omo Delta. A young Dassanech girl wears a leather skirt, metal bracelets, amulets and beads. A leather strap with c...
Ethiopia, Omo Delta. A young Dassanech girl wears a leather skirt, metal bracelets, amulets and beads. A leather strap with cowrie shells hangs down her back.





Portrait of two girl of the Mursi tribe, faces painted white, big necklaces made of shells, near Jinka, Ethiopia, Africa





NACIMIENTO DE VENUS - SIGLO XVII - OLEO/LIENZO - 187x208 cm - BARROCO FLAMENCO - NP 1862. Author: VOS, CORNELIS DE. Location:...
NACIMIENTO DE VENUS - SIGLO XVII - OLEO/LIENZO - 187x208 cm - BARROCO FLAMENCO - NP 1862. Author: VOS, CORNELIS DE. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA, MADRID, SPAIN.





Pregnant Hamar woman with necklaces made of cowry shells coming out of her wooden hut, Omo River Valley, Southern Ethiopia, A...
Pregnant Hamar woman with necklaces made of cowry shells coming out of her wooden hut, Omo River Valley, Southern Ethiopia, Africa






a handsome young latino man in a blue hawaiian shirt and shorts and sandals with a shell necklace gestures in sign language a...
a handsome young latino man in a blue hawaiian shirt and shorts and sandals with a shell necklace gestures in sign language and smiles happily

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