Discovery Collection: Silent Cry #89

Discovery Collection

Piece #89 of 100

Detail of the hands of a Nyangatom elderly woman. The Nyangatom are semi-nomadic agro-pastoralist inhabiting the dry, semi-desert lands of southwestern Ethiopia. Numerically small, they tend herds in a particularly inhospitable part of the territory. Along with other different ethnical groups in the Lower Omo Valley, the Nyangatom face changes to their cultural traditions due to large-scale agricultural projects occurring in their territory.