Old Bracelet – Mursi Tribe – Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia

Mid 20th century. Copper. Gr. 221,9 (7.83 oz); com 9,5 width x cm. 6,5 high (3.74″ x 2.56″).

The Mursi are a Nilotic pastoralist ethnic group; they live in an almost inaccessible area between the Mago and Omo Rivers, in the Omo Valley, South Ethiopia. According to the 2007 national census, there are 7,500 Mursi. They are predominantly pastoral but they are also engage in limited agriculture. The Mursi are a tall, striking race, with an aggressive reputation. The men only wear a blanket tied over one shoulder, the woman a similar fashioned goatskin. Both sexes cut their hair very short and shaved designs into it. The women are famed for wearing large plates in their lips and ears.

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