Elder with mud-cap and headrest

Turkana elder with mud-cap and headrest


Turkana elder wearing the blue mud-cap which symbolises his status. To protect the cap, he rests his head on a wooden headrest, which can also double as a stool.

Credit: photo scanned from a series of slides produced by KAS-Co (Nairobi, Kenya).

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