Natural fashion :
Silvester, Hans Walter.
Natural fashion : tribal decoration from Africa / Hans Silvester. - London : Thames & Hudson, 2009. - 167 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm.
This translation originally published: 2008.
Over the course of numerous voyages to Africa's Omo Valley, Hans Silvester became fascinated by the beauty of the Surma, Mursi, Hamer and Kurma tribes, who share a taste for body painting and extravagant decorations borrowed from nature. This collection of photographs captures these accoutrements.
Translated from the French.
9780500288054 (pbk.) : £18.95 0500288054 (pbk.) : £18.95
Body painting--Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya)
Body art--Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya)
Suri (African people)--Pictorial works.
Murzu (African people)--Pictorial works.
Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
Natural fashion : tribal decoration from Africa / Hans Silvester. - London : Thames & Hudson, 2009. - 167 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm.
This translation originally published: 2008.
Over the course of numerous voyages to Africa's Omo Valley, Hans Silvester became fascinated by the beauty of the Surma, Mursi, Hamer and Kurma tribes, who share a taste for body painting and extravagant decorations borrowed from nature. This collection of photographs captures these accoutrements.
Translated from the French.
9780500288054 (pbk.) : £18.95 0500288054 (pbk.) : £18.95
Body painting--Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya)
Body art--Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya)
Suri (African people)--Pictorial works.
Murzu (African people)--Pictorial works.
Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
