Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. A portrait of an old Toposa lady in traditional attire.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. A portrait of a Toposa lady in traditional attire with light scarification above her eyebrows and on her cheeks.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. Young children join in a dance with Toposa women outside their thatched houses in traditional dress.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. A Portrait of a Toposa girl with raised scarification on her stomach and scarification on her face. Her beaded necklaces, broad belt and ring with two beads on her chin a...

Myanmar, Mindat. A senior member of the Mindat community dressed in his finery at a funeral.

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 deser...

A Hamar woman carries flour in a leather sack 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 commerc...

Hamar women 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. Goats, chickens, ve...

A 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. Goats, chickens,...

A Hamar woman sells red ochre 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. G...

Hamar women dance, sing and blow small tin trumpets during a 'Jumping of the Bull' ceremony. The semi-nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age-grade system that includes several rites of pa...

A young Hamar girl watches the proceedings during during a 'Jumping of the Bull' ceremony. The semi-nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age-grade system that includes several rites of pass...

A Hamar woman of Southwest Ethiopia. The phallic protrusion of her necklace denotes that she is her husband's first wife.The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose richly-ochred women have striki...

A young Dassanech girl wears a leather skirt, metal bracelets and amulets and layers of bead necklaces. A long leather strap decorated with cowrie shells hangs down her back. Much the largest of the...

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...

A girl from the Ogiek community of hunter-gathers living in the Mau Forest keeps warm in a cowhide. Following Maasai custom, she wears a decorated headband which marks her recent circumcision.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. A group of Toposa women in traditional beaded attire. The extensions to their hair are Patas monkey skins.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. A portrait of an old Toposa lady holding in her right hand the beaded extension to her hair made from patas monkey hairs.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. Toposa women dance outside their thatched grainstores in traditional dress.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. Toposa women dance outside their thatched houses in traditional dress.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. Toposa women dance outside their thatched houses in traditional dress.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. Toposa women and girls dance outside their thatched houses in traditional dress.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. Toposa women dancing outside their thatched houses in traditional dress with a young child joining in.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. Toposa women dancing outside their thatched houses in traditional dress.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. A Toposa woman with plaited hairstyle. Her beaded jewellery covers considerable body scarification. She also wears a nose stud and small earrings

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. The raised scarification and beaded necklaces of a Toposa girl.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. A portrait of a Toposa lady in traditional attire.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. A portrait of a Toposa woman with a beaded protusion on her forehead which carries two cowrie shells.

Myanmar, Mindat. A senior member of the Mindat community dressed in his finery.

Myanmar, Mindat. A senior member of the Mindat community dressed in his finery and hunting bow.

Myanmar, Mindat. A senior member of the Mindat community dressed in his finery and playing a cymbal at a funeral.

Myanmar, Mindat. A senior member of the Mindat community dressed in his finery and playing a cymbal at a funeral.

Myanmar, Mindat. A senior member of the Mindat community dressed in his finery, relaxing with his wife in the kitchen.

Nigeria, Kano State, Kano. Hausa men with unusual cowrie shell headbands and long beaded face veils participate in a Durbar parade on foot. They signify an ancient custom when magicians wore them to...

Kenya, Samburu County, Serolevi. An attractive young Samburu brother and sister pause while watering their family’s herds from a deep well at Kisima Hamsini.

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

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

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

Myanmar, Burma, Loikaw. A Kayah girl in front of the old wooden ceremonial posts at Chitkel village, Loikaw.

Mali, Bandiagara Escarpment, Sanga. Sanga village dancers re-enact aspects of the Dogon people's creation story through dances, with masks being an important element of this ritual.

Mali, Bandiagara Escarpment, Sanga. Sanga village dancers re-enact aspects of the Dogon people's creation story through dances, with masks being an important element of this ritual.

Ethiopia, Omo Delta. 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 lay...

A Karo girl sits outside her home in her everyday attire. Cowries are popular adornments yet the sea is 500 miles away.The Karo are a small tribe living in three main villages along the lower reache...

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.

A Nyag'atom woman dries sorghum and other corn at her homestead near the banks of the Omo River.The Nyag'atom are one of the largest tribes and arguably the most warlike people living along the Omo R...

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 r...

A Hamar woman being whipped by a man at a 'Jumping of the Bull' ceremony. The semi-nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age-grade system that includes several rites of passage for young men...

A Hamar woman implores a man to whip her at a 'Jumping of the Bull' ceremony. Female friends and relatives of the initiate are willing whipped with pliable sticks to show their solidarity and love for...

Hamar women dance during 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 mo...

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-oc...

A Dassanech child wearing a broad headband decorated with glass beads and cowries. The Dassanech speak a language of Eastern Cushitic origin. They live in the Omo Delta and they practice animal husba...

A Hamar woman sells gourds and bananas 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...

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...

A smartly dressed 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. G...

Hamar women sell red ochre 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. Goat...

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. Goats...

An attractive Hamar girl on her way to 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 eve...

Two Hamar girls pause to chat on their way home from Dimeka, the largest market in the Hamar country of Southwest Ethiopia. People travel there great distances on foot to attend the weekly commercial...

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...

A Hamar girl in traditional attire. The Hamar are an attractive people with striking styles and clothes. Skins are widely used for clothing and cowrie shells are popular adornments yet the sea is 50...

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...

A woman of the Tsemay tribe of remote Southwest Ethiopia wears attractively decorated leather clothes. Her hair is braided and smeared with ochre. The Tsemay are a small tribe neighbouring the more n...

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...

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 Nyangatom woman wearing an elegant skirt with a short beaded fringe at the font and long calfskin tail reaching the ground at the back. This woman has a broad belt decorated with cowrie shells. The...

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...

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 occasio...

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...