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Hairdo and body decoration

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posted on 2024-11-20, 17:33 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, CARLOS NIETOCARLOS NIETO
Portrait of Abu Ramla woman with typical braided hairdo with hair extensions, fabric headband and herbage bundle; nose piercing; and necklace made up of plastic beads, plastic buttons and cowrie shells

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

A08

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Cultural group

Abu Ramla

Participants

Rahila Säkin Buer

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Ayinshimish, Benishangul-Gumuz

Item/object

Alämärar (headdress), miza-täqätaq (necklace)

Materials

Plastic beads, Plastic Buttons, Cowrie shells

Cultural context/event

Body decoration

Social group setting

Community

Location

Village

Date of creation

2020-01-23

Unique ID

2019LG07-A08-0159

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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    Keywords

    Abu Ramlahairdobody decoration

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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