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...