An Mtaita musician. His glasses are made from the tips of calabashes. His ear ornaments are also made of calabashes or gourds
Ornately Carved Collumns of the Rectors Palace, Stari Grad (Old Town), Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia
Cathedral of St. Lawrence, Stari Grad (Old town), Trogir, Dalmatia, Croatia
Ornate handle on gilt door at entrance to the Royal Palace, Dar El Makhzen
An old Kikuyu lady picks coffee Taken in the 1960 s, this photograph depicts a traditional form of dress and ear ornaments among Kikuyu women, which has completely disappeared
A young Samburu boy sucks marrow straight from the leg bone of a cow. Marrow is a much sought-after delicacy. During every Samburu ceremony
Up to a year before his circumcision, a Samburu boy will style his hair in a distinctive pudding bowl shape and often rub charcoal and fat into it
Laikipiak Msai
Msai warriors draw water from a deep well. The depth of wells is measured by the number of men required to bring water to the cattle troughs at the top of them
A Msai warrior, his face and body decorated with red ochre and clay, wears an ostrich feather headdress. This singular adornment was once worn by warriors going into battle
A Msai warrior with his long braids and body coated with red ochre mixed with animal fat. He has put ochre dust round his eyes to enhance his appearance ready for a dance
Detail of a Msai warriors ear ornaments and other beaded or metal adornments. The Msai practice of piercing ears in adolescence and gradually elongating the lobes is gradually dying out
A Msai warrior in full battle cry, his long-bladed spear at the ready
Turkana elders wear decorative ivory lip ornaments, secured in position by a spigot which is inserted in a hole pierced below the mans lower lip after initiation
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
A Mursi woman wearing a large clay lip plate. Shortly before marriage, a girls lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so
A Karo man with braided hair plays a traditional stringed instrument beside the Omo River near Duss. Young men settle disputes by fighting with hippo hide whips
A Dassanech man in full tribal regalia participates in a dance during a month-long ceremony. He wears a cheetah skin draped on his backs and a black ostrich-feather headdress
During a dance, Muslim girls from the Sultanate of Tadjoura, dress up in all their finery and display the curved daggers of their men
An Ornamental Steel Boot hangs infront of the 19th Century Russian Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Cathedral on Toompea Hill, Located in the Unesco World Heritage Old Town The Baltic States, Estonia
Ornamental Steel Boot in front of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia
Memorial Carving in Trogirs historic Town Hall, Stari Grad (Old town), Trogir, Dalmatia, Croatia
Cinema Rif at Dusk, Grand Socco, Tangier, Morocco, North Africa
Iran, Central Iran, Kermanshah, ornamental gate and highway rest stop, tilework detail
View towards Santo Antonio dos Congregados Church and City Hall Tower, Porto, Portugal
Colourful houses at Cais da Ribeira, Porto, Portugal
Colourful houses at Cais da Estiva, Porto, Portugal
Portugal, Lisbon, Calcada da Bica Grande, Wall covered with Traditional Portuguese Tiles Azulejos
Azulejos on the street of Faro, Algarve, Portugal
Azulejos at Carmo Church, Porto, Portugal
Lincolnshire, UK. Snow covers the ornamental gardens at Doddington hall
Lincolnshire, UK. Snow covers the front of Doddington hall
Licitars on sale in a souvenir shop of Zagreb, Croatia. They are a traditional symbol of the Croatian capital and they are used as an ornamental gift
Art Deco Rialto Cinema, Casablanca, Morocco, North Africa
Two young Datoga boys. The youngest wears metal bells around his ankles to ensure that he does not wander far from home without his mother or another member of the family hearing him
A young Datoga boy attired in beads. The metal bells worn around his ankles ensure that he does not wander far from home without his mother or another member of the family hearing him
A Wa-Arusha warrior carries home a yoke. His brown necklace is made from aromatic wood. The Wa-Arusha are closely related to the Msai and speak the same _maa language
A Msai woman in traditional attire. The preponderance of white glass beads in her ornaments denotes that she is from the Kisongo section of the Msai, the largest clan group
Msai youth with decorated faceBlack clothing and the intricate white patterns on the face of this Msai youth of the Kisongo section signify his recent circumcision
Young Datoga man in a wellA young Datoga man helps to draw water for his familys livestock from a well on the east side of Lake Manyara. All young men wear strings of twisted yellow and light blue beads round their waists
China, Hainan Province, Hainan Island, Hainan. Wuzhishan city - Hainan Minority Museum - ornamental door knocker
Gorah Elephant Camp - detail of items on side table
A Himba woman in traditional attire. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her long hair is styled in the traditional Himba way
A Himba mother and baby son relax outside their dome-shaped home. Their bodies gleam from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs
Almost every Himba woman wears anklets. They comprise strands of homemade metal beads threaded onto leather. Women cover their bodies in red ochre mixed with butterfat
A Turkana woman sitting in the doorway of her hut. Her heavy mporro braided necklace identifies her as a married woman. Typical of her tribe
A Turkana woman, typically wearing many layers of bead necklaces and a series of hooped earrings with an pair of leaf-shaped earrrings at the front, sits in the entrance to her hut
Two Msai women in traditional attire chat to each other
