Maasai of ilmurran (warriors) age-grade, Great Rift Valley, Kenya
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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1966
- Level:
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- Size:
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1 Slide (col.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"A warrior (olmurrani) is the embodiment of beauty for the Maasai (Masai). Important ornaments of warriorhood are the blue belt, sword belt, fringe belt, ilmintoni (double ear fobs) or esakankar (single ear fobs) and the enkila narok (cape). Depending on the style of an age set other ornaments may also be important for the warriors. among Ilkipali,...
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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1966
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Slide (col.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"A warrior (olmurrani) is the embodiment of beauty for the Maasai (Masai). Important ornaments of warriorhood are the blue belt, sword belt, fringe belt, ilmintoni (double ear fobs) or esakankar (single ear fobs) and the enkila narok (cape). Depending on the style of an age set other ornaments may also be important for the warriors. among Ilkipali,...
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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1966
- Level:
- item
- Size:
-
1 Slide (col.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
-
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"A warrior (olmurrani) is the embodiment of beauty for the Maasai (Masai). Important ornaments of warriorhood are the blue belt, sword belt, fringe belt, ilmintoni (double ear fobs) or esakankar (single ear fobs) and the enkila narok (cape). Depending on the style of an age set other ornaments may also be important for the warriors. among Ilkipali,...
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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1966
- Level:
- item
- Size:
-
1 Slide (col.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
-
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"A warrior (olmurrani) is the embodiment of beauty for the Maasai (Masai). Important ornaments of warriorhood are the blue belt, sword belt, fringe belt, ilmintoni (double ear fobs) or esakankar (single ear fobs) and the enkila narok (cape). Depending on the style of an age set other ornaments may also be important for the warriors. among Ilkipali,...
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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1966
- Level:
- item
- Size:
-
1 Slide (col.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
-
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"A warrior (olmurrani) is the embodiment of beauty for the Maasai (Masai). Important ornaments of warriorhood are the blue belt, sword belt, fringe belt, ilmintoni (double ear fobs) or esakankar (single ear fobs) and the enkila narok (cape). Depending on the style of an age set other ornaments may also be important for the warriors. among Ilkipali,...
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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1966
- Level:
- item
- Size:
-
1 Slide (col.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"A warrior (olmurrani) is the embodiment of beauty for the Maasai (Masai). Important ornaments of warriorhood are the blue belt, sword belt, fringe belt, ilmintoni (double ear fobs) or esakankar (single ear fobs) and the enkila narok (cape). Depending on the style of an age set other ornaments may also be important for the warriors. among Ilkipali,...
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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1966
- Level:
- item
- Size:
-
1 Slide (col.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
-
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"A warrior (olmurrani) is the embodiment of beauty for the Maasai (Masai). Important ornaments of warriorhood are the blue belt, sword belt, fringe belt, ilmintoni (double ear fobs) or esakankar (single ear fobs) and the enkila narok (cape). Depending on the style of an age set other ornaments may also be important for the warriors. among Ilkipali,...
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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1966
- Level:
- item
- Size:
-
1 Slide (col.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
-
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"A warrior (olmurrani) is the embodiment of beauty for the Maasai (Masai). Important ornaments of warriorhood are the blue belt, sword belt, fringe belt, ilmintoni (double ear fobs) or esakankar (single ear fobs) and the enkila narok (cape). Depending on the style of an age set other ornaments may also be important for the warriors. among Ilkipali,...
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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1966
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Slide (col.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"Maasai (Masai) women wear more clothing than men, a skirt, one or two shukas (sheets) for the upper body and a cape. Both men and women wear ornaments at the same locations on the body but the female ornament assemblage is larger, more elaborate, more beautiful and more burdensome. Both sexes wear ornaments concentrated on the ears, necks, upper a...
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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1966
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Slide (col.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"Maasai (Masai) women wear more clothing than men, a skirt, one or two shukas (sheets) for the upper body and a cape. Both men and women wear ornaments at the same locations on the body but the female ornament assemblage is larger, more elaborate, more beautiful and more burdensome. Both sexes wear ornaments concentrated on the ears, necks, upper a...