Jonas Grant (Ute, Navajo, Apache) dressed in eagle feather headdress war bonnet and deerskin jacket decorated with beadwork holds a dance fan next to a black background. Idaho, USA

Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. Woman dressed in traditional caribou skin clothing sits on caribou skins on a sleeping ledge inside an igloo. Note the window. is a clear block of ice

Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. Woman dressed in traditional caribou skin clothing sits on caribou skins on a sleeping ledge inside an igloo

Traditional Native American youth, of the Blackfeet Nation, makes an offering of plant medicine to the Great Spirit during a glorious sunset over the Northern Plains (MR)

USA, Washington, Seattle. Native American dancer in wolf headdress at Seafair powwow

A Datoga woman relaxes outside her thatched house. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass armbands and necklaces. Yellow and...

A Datoga woman with a beaded hat worn on ceremonial occasions. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass armbands, necklaces and...

A Datoga woman with a beaded hat worn on ceremonial occasions. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass armbands and necklaces....

A Datoga woman in jovial mood. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass armbands, necklaces, earrings and rings. Yellow and li...

A Mursi woman wearing a large clay lip plate.Shortly before marriage, a girl's lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so while some of her teeth will be removed for the...

The typical hairstyle of a young Mursi girl.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...

A group of Nyag'atom girls with braided leather aprons and beautifully decorated supple goatskin skirts relax on the banks of the Omo River.The Nyag'atom are one of the largest tribes and arguably th...

The decorated leather apron or skirt of a young Nyag'atom girl. The numerous white discs woven into the strands of braided leather are made of ostrich shell.The Nyag'atom are one of the largest trib...

A Nyag'atom woman grinds sorghum using a flat stone. The Nyag'atom are one of the largest tribes and arguably the most warlike people living along the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia. They form a pa...

The ochre worn by a married Hamar girl glows deep red in the late afternoon light.The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women and girls wear striking traditional dress....

Close-up of a young Hamar woman's 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 Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralis...

Hamar men line up steers 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. The most e...

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-fa...

The raw scars on a Hamar woman's back after being whipped at a 'Jumping of the Bull' ceremony. The semi-nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age-grade system that includes several rites of...

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-oc...

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-fashio...

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-oc...

In the early morning, a Dassanech man puts on his serval cat skin cape and ostrich-feather headdress to participate in his Dimi ceremony, an important initiation ceremony, which every male member of t...

A young Mursi girl at the small entrance to her mother's traditional grass house. The Mursi speak a Nilotic language and have affinities with the Shilluk and Anuak of eastern Sudan. They live in a r...

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...

The decorated leather skirt and adornments of a well-dressed Hamar woman.The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose whole way of life is based on the needs of their stock. Th...

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 large gathering of people 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. Goa...

The heavy metal ankle ornaments of a Hamar woman of Southwest Ethiopia. The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose richly-ochred women have striking styles of traditional dress. Skins are widely...

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...

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...

The bonnet-like headdress of this young Himba girl is a visible sign of her recent marriage. Known as ekori, the leather garment is handed down from generation to generation and will be worn for at le...

An old Himba woman, upright despite her years, rides her donkey through harsh land where mid-day temperatures rise to 400C. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her hair...

A small girl sits outside her family home. Her body has been smeared with a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Himba mothers cut their children's hair in several eye-catching styles. The ch...

A young Karo girl in the doorway of her hut in the village of Duss. A small Omotic tribe related to the Hamar, who live along the banks of the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia, the Karo are renowne...

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...

After visiting a market centre, a young Himba woman drives home her donkey along dusty white tracks. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her long hair is styled in the t...

A Himba mother and children in traditional attire. Their bodies gleam from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. The woman's long hair is styled in the traditional Himba way and is crowned wit...

A Himba mother and child ride home on a donkey. Their bodies gleam from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. The woman's long hair is styled in the traditional Himba way and is crowned with a...

An attractive !Kung woman. The !Kung are San hunter-gatherers, often referred to as Bushmen. They differ in appearance from the rest of black Africa having yellowish skin and being lightly boned, lean...

A Dassanech man in full tribal regalia participates in a dance during a month-long ceremony. He wears a cheetah skin draped on his backs and a black ostrich-feather headdress. He dances holding a lo...

A Mursi woman wearing a large clay lip plate. Shortly before marriage, a girl's lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so. The size of the lip plate often determines th...

Two Maasai warriors in full regalia. The headdress of the man on the left is made from the mane of a lion while the one on the right is fringed with black ostrich feathers. Their traditional weaponry...

Kenya, Kajiado, lpartimaro. Two Maasai warriors in full regalia. The headress of the man on the left is made from the mane of a lion while the one on the right is fringed with black ostrich feathers....

A Maasai warrior in full battle cry, his long-bladed spear at the ready.

Ole Senteu Simel, grandson of the famous Maasai Laibon Mbatian (after which the highest peak of Mount Kenya is named), was the most respected laibon of the Maasai until his death in 1986. This photo...

Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit elder skins freshly killed caribou(kamatik or Qamutiik) in background.(For Editorial Use Only)

Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. Visitor dressed in traditional caribou clothing, tries her hand at fishing in camp. Other visitors and Inuit elders can be seen in background

Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit girls, ages 4 and 11 standing outside caribou skin tent. Older girl is wearing traditional caribou skin clothing. The younger one is dressed in traditional modern In...

Traditional Native American man makes an offering of plant medicine to the Great Spirit during a glorious sunset over the Northern Plains (MR)

Traditional Native American man makes an offering of plant medicine to the Great Spirit (MR)

Traditional California Native American woman of the Acjachemen Nation (San Juan Capistrano Mission Indians) dressed in deer hides, shell beads and basket hat drinks from a spring using a large gourd d...

Romania, Maramures, Suceava. Two traditional shepherds' waistcoats, the style influenced by nearby Ukraine.

Romania, Neamt, Tarpesti. Interior of the museum founded at his home by the late Mr Popa, an artist and collector of traditional art and folk objects.

Arctic Canada, Nunavut, Baffin Island, Iqaluit (Frobisher Bay). Baffin Visitor Information Center. Display of traditional Inuit caribou skin parka with fur lining and hand-stitched trim.

Greenland, Qaqortoq. South Greenland's largest town. Traditional Greenlandic national cosutme with boots (Kamiit) made of untanned seal skin. Worn for holidays & Christmas.

The Hamar people are an ethnic minority numbering several thousand. Turmi, Ethiopia

Gerel, Mongolian woman in front of her yurt

Nomad children at yurt with solar panel and satellite dish

French West Indies, Martinique, Fort-de-France. Young Martiniquan girl dressed up for Carnival.

French West Indies, Martinique, Fort-de-France. Martiniquan women in traditional dress leave mass at St. Louis Cathedral.

The Maasai people are driving their cattle in the Maasai Mara Kenya.

Myanmar, Burma, Kengtung. A young Akha boy wearing a colourful embroidered hat while carried on his mother’s back.

Ethiopia, Southwest Ethiopia, Hamar Mountains. A group of Hamar people rest under the shade of a tree.The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose richly-ochred women have strik...

A Datoga woman relaxes outside her thatched house. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass armbands and necklaces. Yellow and...

A Datoga woman relaxes outside her thatched house. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass armbands and necklaces. Yellow and...

A Datoga woman in jovial mood. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass armulets and necklaces. Yellow and light blue are the...

A Datoga woman puts on brass leg ornaments before attending a wedding. The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass ornaments of ev...

A Mursi mother and child. The mother is wearing a large clay lip plate. Shortly before marriage, a girl's lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so while some of her te...

A Mursi mother and child. The mother is wearing a large clay lip plate. Shortly before marriage, a girl's lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so while some of her te...

Two Mursi women wearing large clay lip plates exchange a small ornament. Shortly before marriage, a girl's lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so while some of her t...

A Mursi woman with decorated face and body scarification wears a large clay lip plate. Shortly before marriage, a girl's lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so while...

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...

A Mursi woman wearing a large clay lip plate and ear ornaments to match.Shortly before marriage, a girl's lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so while some of her tee...

A Mursi woman wearing a large clay lip plate and ear ornaments to match.Shortly before marriage, a girl's lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so while some of her tee...

A Mursi woman wearing a large clay lip plate and ear ornaments to match carries a large clay pot on her head.Shortly before marriage, a girl's lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched ov...

The stretched lower lip of this Mursi woman is unsightly when she takes out her large clay lip plate.Shortly before marriage, a girl's lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a yea...

A young Mursi girl carries a grinding stone on her head.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 Et...