Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Women styling hair, Dimeka, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia
2010-10-09
South Omo (Ethiopia : Zone)
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.
One woman styling another woman's hair with red clay, known as goscha. An infant sits between the mother's knees. Both women wear cowry shells. Original Carousel 26, slide 65.
- Collection
- Michael and Linda Doochin Collection
- Archival grouping
- Michael and Linda Doochin Collection / Ethiopia / Village of Dimeka, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia
- Catalog date
- 2010-10-09
- Recorded places
- South Omo (Ethiopia : Zone)
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Doochin, Michael D.; Kartoz-Doochin, Linda
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3269
Collection: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection