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Posted by ingrid Langerak on July 11, 2014 at 12:54pm
This is a illustration from the book of Ethiopian Customes (Ethiopian Tourism Commission) by Jill Last (illustrations and textwith Nancy Donovan).Here the decoration is done with cowry shells but can also be with buttons.
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  • Eva Baby July 11, 2014 at 1:46pm

    Thanks Ingrid, nice to learn about.

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