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Ethiopian Tribe Collection

Background imageEthiopian Tribe Collection: A young Dassanech boy silhouetted against the evening

A young Dassanech boy silhouetted against the evening sky at his settlement alongside the Omo River. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50, 000

Background imageEthiopian Tribe Collection: A Hamar woman blows a tin trumpet at a Jumping

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

Background imageEthiopian Tribe Collection: Nyangatom men their faces and bodies with stylised

Nyangatom men their faces and bodies with stylised patterns using natural pigments obtained from chalk, ochre and crushed rock prior to a dance

Background imageEthiopian Tribe Collection: A young Dorze boy winds cotton onto a bobin for his father

A young Dorze boy winds cotton onto a bobin for his father. Dorze men are synonymous with weaving the best cotton cloth in Ethiopia

Background imageEthiopian Tribe Collection: A Dorze man sits outside his home smoking locally-grown

A Dorze man sits outside his home smoking locally-grown tobacco using a traditional long-stemmed pipe. Living in highlands west of the Abyssinian Rift Valley

Background imageEthiopian Tribe Collection: A Borana man at Mega in southern Ethiopia wears a phallic

A Borana man at Mega in southern Ethiopia wears a phallic Kallaacha on his forehead. Made of cast aluminium and ivory or bone

Background imageEthiopian Tribe Collection: Warriors of the nomadic Afar tribe wear their hair

Warriors of the nomadic Afar tribe wear their hair long and carry large curved daggers, known as jile, strapped to their waists

Background imageEthiopian Tribe Collection: An Ethiopian man wears a headdress made from the skin of a gelada

An Ethiopian man wears a headdress made from the skin of a gelada, a unique baboon-like primate that lives at high altitudes in northern Ethiopia

Background imageEthiopian Tribe Collection: The contrasting leather aprons or skirts of two Nyag atom girls

The contrasting leather aprons or skirts of two Nyag atom girls. The skirt on the left is richly decorated with metal and copper beads; the one on the right is embellished with thousands of small

Background imageEthiopian Tribe Collection: A Nyangatom boy catches blood from the artery of a cow in a gourd

A Nyangatom boy catches blood from the artery of a cow in a gourd. The cow is bled by firing an arrow with a very short head into the artery of the cow

Background imageEthiopian Tribe Collection: The extinct volcano at Chew Bet in southern Ethiopia has a dark

The extinct volcano at Chew Bet in southern Ethiopia has a dark, seasonal lake at the bottom of its deep, steep-sided crater. Borana tribesmen harvest salt there for their livestock


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