Discovery Collection: Teamwork #91

Discovery Collection

Piece #91 of 100

Portrait of Karo women helping each other with the daily body painting (Ethiopia). The Karo is a small tribe known for their body painting as a method of self-expression and a way of presenting the social hierarchical class in their tribe. Karo women practice this symbolic and ornamental expression in a bid to appear more attractive to the opposite sex. There are many different colours, designs and patterns and they use natural material obtained from local environment.