Hamer Girl #24

Discovery Collection Piece #24 of 100 Portrait of a Hamer girl. Hamer are semi-nomadic, pastoral tribe inhabiting the territory east of the Omo River (Ethiopia). Honey collection is their major activity and their cattle is the meaning of their life. The Hamer pay great attention to their appearance in particular to hairstyles that, in addition to being decorative element of beauty, are also a characteristic for identifying the marital status of a woman. Married women use to style their hair in a braid bob, made red thanks to a mixture obtained with water, goat butter and red ocher.