Calabash – Hamar Tribe – Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia

Calabash, cowry shells, leather, vegetable fibres, plastic cap, glass beads. Approx. cm. 15,0 high x cm. 10,0 width (5.90″ x 3.93″).

This is a authentic Hamar calabash used to carry butter.

The Hamar, principally pastoralists, are the most readily identifiable of all the peoples of the South Omo. Women wear an elaborately decorated goatskin, often colored with beads and cowries. Beadede necklaces, bracelets and waistbands adorn their bodies, which, for the Hamar, tend to be made with black, yellow and red beads (the Banna, their close neighbors, mostly use blue and black beads).

Piece directly collected in Omo Valley. We guarantee that this item has been tribally used.

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