Faces of Africa: Photo Gallery Two

Faces of Africa Pictures: Pokot girl from Kenya wears necklace
Faces of Africa Pictures: Masai boy from Kenya awaits circumcision
Faces of Africa Pictures: Dinka men from Sudan covered in ash
Faces of Africa Pictures: Amhara priest treats woman possessed with spirit
Faces of Africa Pictures: Ewe Voodoo devotee from Togo surrenders to spirit
Faces of Africa Pictures: Surma woman from Ethiopia with clay lip plate
Faces of Africa Pictures: Fulani woman from Mali wears gold earrings
Faces of Africa Pictures: Nigerian Hausa dancers whirl with billowing pants
Faces of Africa: Surma woman from Ethiopia with lip plate carries rifle
Faces of Africa Pictures: Photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher
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Surma Woman, Ethiopia

"A married Surma woman wears a clay lip plate decorated with incised cow-horn designs along its border. During her youth, her ears were stretched to accommodate a smaller earplug. Note the delicate shaved designs of her eyebrows."

photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher, writing in the book Faces of Africa

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