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Surya Rutten

Very rare to find raffia skirt made of thin stripes of treebark. These stripes were then sewn together at the top to make a skirt. These skirts were worn by unmarried young Ari-women in the Omo-valley in the South of Ethiopia. Collected in the city of Jinka in the 1990's.

2nd half 20th century - Good 

Raffia skirt (1) - Treebark - Ari - Southern-Ethiopia 

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