Turkana Girl
Turkana Girl
RefNum: 04ke-2482
Continent: Africa
Country: Kenya
Category: Turkana Tribe
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Description:
Turkana women wearing the traditional hairstyle - a braided Mohawk. Turkanas like to wear breads of different colors which they belive protect them from different bad things and indicate a woman's wealth and marital status.
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Prints are made using Epson UltraChrome pigment inks on a 7 inks Epson Stylys Photo printer on archival Innova FibaPrint White Semi-Matte 300 gsm paper, which is one of the highest-quality fine-art photographic papers today. In connection with Epson UltraChrome Ink it exhibits superior sharpness and color, and is expected to last over 100 years on display before noticeable fading occurs. Cotton gloves were used while handling the prints not to leave any fingerprints or scratches. Would you like more information about fine art prints?
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lutzoffsite@hotmail.com /2005-11-07 20:13:34/
this picture does not show a turkana boy when you look at the turkana with beads. I think its always a woman. I think this is a turkana girl
d4vid /2005-11-09 12:32:13/
True, thanks!