Side portrait of a Mofu woman with scarification on her face, chest and arm. She has ear and lip (labret) piercings, the latter with a long ivory plug. She is wearing various neck accessories including yellow, red, orange, green, black and white beaded necklaces. On her head she is wearing a blue beaded head band, and a coin pendant. Her hair is cropped and the ends dipped in a red substance.

Collection type: Photograph
Description: Side portrait of a Mofu woman with scarification on her face, chest and arm. She has ear and lip (labret) piercings, the latter with a long ivory plug. She is wearing various neck accessories including yellow, red, orange, green, black and white beaded necklaces. On her head she is wearing a blue beaded head band, and a coin pendant. Her hair is cropped and the ends dipped in a red substance.
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Borno State; Pulka; Mandara Mountains
Cultural groups: Mofu
Person: Photographer Edward Shearman Ross; PRM source Sandra Miller Ross
Date / Period: Date of photograph: 09/1966
Acquisition information: Donated: 14/12/2018
Photographic process: Transparency Kodachrome
Dimensions: Image dimension 35 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2018.313.270

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