Shamma Cloths for Sale at Oromo Market

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Date of image

1965

Creator

Lewis, Herbert S.

Place

Ethiopia

Source

University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries, Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent; African Studies Collection

The shamma is the characteristic dress of Ethiopia made from a gauze-like cotton with distinctive colorful patterns finely woven in bands at the ends.

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