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Headdress - Mursi Tribe, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia

Posted by Liuba Berti on January 11, 2015 at 12:48pm

Headdresses are made out of animal bone and leather cow hide. It is both a decoration and an object intimidation for neighboring enemies.

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Peter Hoesli January 11, 2015 at 8:07pm

Dear Liuba; Very nice and impressive indeed! Congratulations. Peter
Eva Baby January 12, 2015 at 9:09am

agree with Peter, very rare, very impressive, very Special.

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