Old Women in Following of the Spirit Medium (K'allu)

Ethiopia

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Date of image: 1965-1966
Creator: Lewis, Herbert S.
Place: Ethiopia
Source: University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries, Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent; African Studies Collection

The old women are alone, widowed or divorced, and past menopause. They have distinctive hairstyles.

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