Close up detail of the decorations worn by a man of the Boran tribe to celebrate the birth of a son Sololo northern Kenya

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Close up detail of the decorations worn by a man of the Boran tribe to celebrate the birth of a son Sololo northern Kenya near the border with Ethiopia East Africa These bell like hangings are made from natural gourds His belt is decorated with cowrie shells which are a symbol of fertility as they resemble a woman s vagina

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Size: 3816px × 5670px
Location: Sololo northern Kenya East Africa
Photo credit: © David Keith Jones / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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