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Label TextIn a landscape of arid grasslands south of the Zambezi River, numerous hunting and gathering populations have existed since the dawn of humanity. Their rock paintings are among the earliest art known-from 25,000 BC. Currently, the distinctive dress of Himba women continues to reflect their attentive use of this environment. Ornaments are made from local materials, with imported shells and beads, but the combination is always coated with layers of ochre from sacred sites.
Object number2003.106
ProvenanceCollected by Lisa Fanning from the artists in Ovinyango, Etosha National Park, Namibia
Credit LineGift of Lisa Fanning
MediumLambskin, cowrie shells, glass and metal beads, ochre deposits
Bulul Female Figure (rice deity)
19th century
Object number: 2005.182
Photo: Paul Macapia
Ghanaian
20th century
Object number: 81.17.454.1
Cap
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.454.2
Object number: 2001.301
Object number: 2001.324
Object number: 2001.327
Object number: 2001.331