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John Mahoney

Taneka-Beri scars - Benin

I love how the Himba women paint their bodies and hair.

Her beauty giving me shivers, her smile warming me inside, flushed hot and cold, I search for the words that could make her mine, your name - I ask, freedom - she replies.

China - nanguazi南瓜子

World Cultures

Indigenous Peoples

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Ethnic Beauty: Afar - People of the Danakil Desert

Royal Princess Temashayina of Swaziland

Royal Princess Temashayina of Swaziland,

Congo

Culture

Republic Of The Congo

Brazzaville

Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Fotografie

Fotografia

Dieren

Yale University Library Search Results

Africa | Shaping the skull in Niapu (now in the Democratic Republic of the Congo). | © Casimir Zagourski African postcards, 1924-1941 (inclusive). Manuscripts & Archives, Yale University

Surma Man with Painted Body, Ethiopia | Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher

Surma Man with Painted Body, Ethiopia

Africa | Portrait of a young Dinka man. South Sudan. They cover their bodies with ash both for protection and beautifying purposes | Just one of the many fantastic photographs included in the publication 'Painted Bodies: African Body Painting, Tattoos and Scarification' by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher ~ Release date Sept 18th 2012. { www.amazon.com/... } Body Art, Bodypainting, Tribal People, Arc

Africa | Portrait of a young Dinka man. South Sudan. They cover their bodies with ash both for protection and beautifying purposes | Just one of the many fantastic photographs included in the publication 'Painted Bodies: African Body Painting, Tattoos and Scarification' by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher ~ Release date Sept 18th 2012. { www.amazon.com/... }