Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Untitled 2, Karo Tribeswoman with Pierced Lip, Wearing Necklaces, Karo Village, Omo Valley, Ethiopia
February 2011
African history · place not specified
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Description provided by Doggett: "A Karo tribeswoman. Piercing the lower lip is a common practice among women, who may then adorn the lip with a range of objects, including, in this case, a nail.".
- Collection
- Drew Doggett Photographs
- Catalog date
- February 2011
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Doggett, Drew
- Format and extent
- 1 Photographic print (color; matted, 12 x 18 in. (print); 18 x 24 in. (matted))
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.2015-009, Item EEPA.2015-009-0002
Collection: Drew Doggett Photographs