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Omo Delta Collection

Background imageOmo Delta 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 imageOmo Delta Collection: In the early morning

In the early morning, a Dassanech man puts on his serval cat skin cape and ostrich-feather headdress to participate in his Dimi ceremony, an important initiation ceremony

Background imageOmo Delta Collection: A Dassanech man with a shock of hair

A Dassanech man with a shock of hair.; The Omo Delta of southwest Ethiopia is one of the least accessible and least developed parts of East Africa

Background imageOmo Delta Collection: In the late afternoon

In the late afternoon, a group of Dassanech children hurry home along a bank of the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia. A small grain store, raised off the ground in case of flooding

Background imageOmo Delta Collection: A Dassanech man ferries people in a large dug-out canoe

A Dassanech man ferries people in a large dug-out canoe across the crocodile-infested waters of the Omo River near its delta at the northern end of Lake Turkana

Background imageOmo Delta Collection: A Kwego woman grinds sorghum flour at the entrance to her hut

A Kwego woman grinds sorghum flour at the entrance to her hut. The Kwego are a Nilotic tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who live along the banks of the Omo River in south-western Ethiopia

Background imageOmo Delta Collection: The men hold hands forming a circle within which the

The men hold hands forming a circle within which the women dance in the Karo village of Duss. A small Omotic tribe related to the Hamar

Background imageOmo Delta Collection: Men and women dance together in the Karo village of Duss

Men and women dance together in the Karo village of Duss. A small Omotic tribe related to the Hamar, the Karo live along the banks of the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia

Background imageOmo Delta Collection: El Molo fishermen in their dugout canoe on the fringe

El Molo fishermen in their dugout canoe on the fringe of the Omo Delta. The El Molo are reputedly Kenyas smallest tribe, a group of nomadic fishermen who fish the Omo delta and Lake turkana

Background imageOmo Delta Collection: An old Dassanech man wearing a traditional lip ornament and earrings

An old Dassanech man wearing a traditional lip ornament and earrings. The old practice of piercing the flesh below a mans lower lip for decorative purposes is fast dieing out.The Dassanech people

Background imageOmo Delta Collection: An unusual braided hairstyle of a Dassanech young man

An unusual braided hairstyle of a Dassanech young man of the Omo River Delta.The Omo Delta of southwest Ethiopia is one of the least accessible and least developed parts of East Africa

Background imageOmo Delta Collection: An elder of the Karo tribe rests with his head on his

An elder of the Karo tribe rests with his head on his wooden head-rest which protects his elaborate clay hairdo. Every man carries a headrest which doubles as a stool

Background imageOmo Delta Collection: Ethiopia, Southwest Ethiopia, Omo River

Ethiopia, Southwest Ethiopia, Omo River. Sunset on the banks of the Omo River near a Dassanech village. Two dome-shaped granaries are just visible in the trees


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