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  • 700-06038016

    Close-Up of Jewelry in Souk, Marrakech, Morocco

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  • 841-08059650

    Portrait of Tuta by the Omo River, Dassanech Tribe, Rate Village, Omorate, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

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  • 600-05786661

    Close-up of Beaded Decoration

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  • 700-03567779

    Kazuri Jewelry, Kenya

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  • 841-06806105

    Maasai beadwork at the Predator Compensation Fund Pay Day, Mbirikani Group Ranch, Amboseli-Tsavo eco-system, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

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  • 841-06500477

    Candomble wear strings of beads made of seeds and shells in the colours of African gods. Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil.

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  • 862-06542238

    The finery worn by a married Maasai woman.

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  • 841-08059649

    Portrait of Abua by the Omo River, Dassanech Tribe, Rate Village, Omorate, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

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  • 862-03808442

    Colourful traditional African souvenirs on beachfront, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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  • 700-03586790

    Letter Bracelats for Sale at Don Hoi Lot Market, Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand

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  • 700-03556756

    Display of Kazuri Jewelry, Nairobi, Kenya

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  • 6115-06967066

    Craftswoman making beads, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany

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  • 700-03586757

    Masai Market, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa

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  • 700-03567752

    Close-up of Masai Jewelry at Magadi Lake Village, Kenya

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  • 700-03556757

    Woman Working with Kazuri Beads, Nairobi, Kenya

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  • 862-03354076

    A young Dassanech girl wears a leather skirt,metal bracelets and amulets and layers of bead necklaces. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50,000,the Dassanech (also known as the Galeb,Changila or Merille) are Nilotic pastoralists and agriculturalists.

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  • 841-06031734

    Bonda tribeswoman in traditional costume with beaded cap, large earrings and metal necklaces drinking village alcohol from gourd, Rayagader, Orissa, India, Asia

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  • 873-06440386

    Portrait of Masai Woman Wearing Beads around Neck, Tanzania

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  • 841-06447128

    Craft store in Puerta Maya, Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America

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  • 862-03366174

    A young Maasai girl wearing a wooden plug in her pierced ear to elongate the earlobe. It has been a tradition of the Maasai for both men and women to pierce their ears and elongate their lobes for decorative purposes. Her two lower incisors have been removed - a common practice that may have resulted from an outbreak of lockjaw a long time ago.

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  • 862-03355142

    Maasai girls gather to celebrate a wedding. Their broad beaded necklaces with predominantly white glass beads mark then as Kisongo Maasai,the largest clan group of the tribe which lives either side of the Kenya-Tanzania border.

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  • 700-03586756

    Masai Market, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa

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  • 700-03587193

    Bride with Clasped Hands

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  • 700-03556759

    Woman Working with Kazuri Beads, Nairobi, Kenya

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  • 600-03698090

    Beads, Panjiayuan Flea Market, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

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  • 862-03808441

    Colourful traditional African souvenirs on beachfront, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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  • 700-03068485

    Beads on Display at Flea Market, Porte de Clignancourt, Marche aux Puces St-Ouen, Paris, France

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  • 862-03366171

    Maasai girls in all their finery and with bells tied round their legs wait at the entrance to a house before dancing with warriors.

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  • 862-03366173

    Young Maasai girls decorate their faces with ochre and clay in preparation for a dance.

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  • 841-06031732

    Bonda tribeswoman wearing traditional bead costume with beaded cap, large earrings, nose ring and metal necklaces at weekly market, Rayagader, Orissa, India, Asia

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  • 862-03366117

    A Turkana girl in all her finery. Among the Turkana,cicatrization is a common form of beautification. She wears a crucifix given to her by a missionary; they are popular ornaments despite not necessarily being associated with Christianity.

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  • 862-03366890

    Kenya,Masai Mara National Reserve. Portrait of a Maasai woman in traditional costume.

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  • 700-03556758

    Woman Working with Kazuri Beads, Nairobi, Kenya

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  • 862-03353991

    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.

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  • 862-03354004

    A Tsemay girl of southwest Ethiopia wears a leather skirt and bright beaded jewellery. She belongs to a small tribe living close to the Konso people.

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  • 841-06030888

    Himba woman, Skeleton Coast National Park, Namibia, Africa

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  • 862-03437307

    Strings of colourful beads are laid out for sale at the resort town of Mancora in northern Peru.

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  • 862-03365227

    Myanmar,Burma,Namu-op. An Akha woman wearing traditional costume with a headdress of silver and glass beads holds a bamboo mug in her hand.

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  • 862-03366157

    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.

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  • 862-03366114

    A pretty young Turkana girl has already had the flesh below her lower lip pierced in readiness for a brass ornament after her marriage. The rims of her ears have also been pierced and the holes kept open with small wooden sticks.

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  • 6115-06967068

    Beadmaking, Glass rod storage, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany

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  • 862-03366152

    A Maasai warrior with his long braids and body coated with red ochre mixed with animal fat. He has put ochre dust round his eyes to enhance his appearance ready for a dance. The singular hairstyles of Maasai warriors sets them apart from other members of their society.

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  • 862-03888700

    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.

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  • 841-06806104

    Maasai beadwork at the Predator Compensation Fund Pay Day, Mbirikani Group Ranch, Amboseli-Tsavo eco-system, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

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  • 862-03820389

    An attractive woman at Bati market.Situated on top of the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift, Bati is the largest open air market in Ethiopia.Nomads and their camels trek long distances every week from the harsh low lying deserts to barter with Amhara and Oromo farmers living in the fertile highlands.

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  • 862-03711120

    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.

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  • 600-05973089

    Portrait of Little Girl in Back Seat of Car

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  • 862-03366170

    A young Maasai girl wears face paint and numerous beaded ornaments in preparation for a dance with warriors.

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  • 600-05973086

    Portrait of Little Girl using Pacifier and Looking out Train Window

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  • 862-03808716

    A Maasai girl from the Kisongo clan wearing an attractive beaded headband.

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  • 862-03354098

    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 renowned for their elaborate body painting using white chalk,crushed rock and other natural pigments.

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  • 600-05973087

    Portrait of Little Girl Walking Down Road in Winter

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  • 630-03479070

    Prayer beads at a market stall, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

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  • 841-06805424

    Portrait of a Turkish man, Urfa, Anatolia, Eastern Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

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  • 862-03888698

    The ornaments of a Pokot warrior including a ring of goat skin which would have been slaughtered for a ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.

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  • 6115-06967074

    Choice of beads, close-up, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany

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  • 630-03479366

    Close-up of a bar of soap with bath beads

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  • 700-03893467

    Portrait of Masai Warrior

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  • 862-03364163

    Mali,Douentza. A Bella woman with braided hair wearing gold ear rings in her village near Douentza. The Bella are predominantly pastoral people and were once the slaves of the Tuareg of Northern Mali.

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  • 841-06031736

    Bonda tribeswomen wearing traditional beaded caps and metal necklaces, selling village-made alcohol at weekly market, Rayagader, Orissa, India, Asia

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  • 700-03484689

    Neckleaces, Florida, USA

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  • 862-03366118

    When a Turkana woman gives birth,four goats will be slaughtered in a twenty-four-hour period to celebrate the occasion. The skin of the first goat will be made into a pouch for carrying the baby on its mother's back. The small wooden balls on the back of this pouch are charms to ward off evil spirits. The baby is wearing a bracelet of ostrich eggshell beads.

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  • 862-03355129

    Black clothing,Black ostrich feathers and the intricate white patterns on the face of this Maasai youth of the Kisongo section signify his recent circumcision.

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  • 862-03366281

    A young Pokot girl in traditional attire. Girls wear leather skirts and capes made from home-tanned goatskins. Her broad necklaces are made from small segments of sedge grass. Her ears have already been pierced in four places,ready to insert the large brass earrings she will acquire after marriage.

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  • 630-03479076

    Necklaces hanging at a market stall, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

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  • 700-06383784

    Portrait of Woman Wearing Bikini

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  • 841-06500541

    Portrait of a Pataxo Indian man at the Reserva Indigena da Jaqueira near Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, South America

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  • 841-06031730

    Bonda tribeswoman wearing traditional bead costume with beaded cap, large earrings and metal necklaces at weekly market, Rayagader, Orissa, India, Asia

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  • 6115-06967071

    Beadmaking, Glass rod storage, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany

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  • 862-03355130

    Black clothing and the intricate white patterns on the face of this Maasai youth of the Kisongo section signify his recent circumcision.

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  • 630-03479672

    Close-up of a nun standing in the prayer position

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  • 841-06806106

    Maasai beadwork at the Predator Compensation Fund Pay Day, Mbirikani Group Ranch, Amboseli-Tsavo eco-system, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

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  • 6108-05871351

    Woman kissing her boyfriend on cheek

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  • 862-03353972

    An Afar girl has her attractive hairstyle embellished with buttons and beads,which is typical of the young girls of her tribe. Proud and fiercely independent,the nomadic Afar people live in the low-lying deserts of Eastern Ethiopia.

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  • 862-03808715

    A Maasai girl from the Kisongo clan wearing an attractive beaded headband and necklace.

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  • 600-03448799

    Abacus

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    Smiling Maasai woman wearing jewelry

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  • 600-03448798

    Abacus

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  • 862-03820650

    Samburu girls are given strings of beads by their fathers when they are still young. As soon as they are old enough to have lovers from the warrior age set, they regularly receive gifts from them.Over a period of years, their necklaces can smother them up to their necks.

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  • 700-03665605

    Close-Up of Hindu Bride Wearing Traditional Gown

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  • 862-03366172

    A young Maasai girl in all her finery pauses at the entrance to her mother's home. The wall and roof of the house are plastered with a mixture of cow dung and soil.

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  • 862-03888692

    Pokot women wearing traditional beaded ornaments and brass earrings denoting their married status. celebrate an Atelo ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.

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  • 862-03820355

    Karo men excel in body art. They decorate their faces and torsos elaborately using local white chalk, pulverised rock and other natural pigments. Their braided hairstyles are typical of young men from the tribe.The Karo are a small tribe living in three main villages along the lower reaches of the Omo River in southwest Ethiopia.

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  • 862-03352637

    An Afar girl from the Sultanate of Tadjoura wears exotic gold jewellery for marriage and other important celebrations. Although some of this jewellery will be made locally,other pieces will have been bought in Arabia,Ethiopia and the Indian sub-continent.

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  • 862-03807769

    Kenya, Samburu District. Young Samburu girl in traditional beaded necklaces.

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  • 862-03366282

    A young married woman of the Pokot tribe. Her married status is denoted by her large brass earrings and broad beaded collars and necklaces that are smeared with animal fat to glisten in the sun.

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  • 862-03366046

    Samburu girls are given strings of beads by their fathers when they are still young. As soon as they are old enough to have lovers from the warrior age-set,they regularly receive gifts from them. Over a period of years,their necklaces can smother them up to their necks. The metal cross-like ornament hanging from the girl's headband has no religious significance.

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  • 700-03587179

    Back of Hindu Bride's Wedding Gown

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    Young woman wearing head tie

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  • 862-03366150

    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.

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