Was born ca. 1859 and his parents are from old Kimsquit village. Photographed in an old Indian house Jim is wearing a ceremonial costume used in the Ksiut dances of Saiutr. He is wearing a whiteman’s blanket decorated with mother of pearl buttons. His assistant is Lame Charlie who is carrying a mask carved to represent Saiutt
Photograph of a market somewhere in northern Ethiopia showing what appears to be stacks of shemma cloth being sold at a stall. Shemma cloth is a hand woven material ubiquitous in Ethiopia, but particularly in northern Ethiopia. Lorna R. Marsden purchased an example of a shemma cloth designed for special occasions during her travels which she later donated to the Museum of Anthropology in 2016. This image shows its typical and everyday use in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Ethiopia as a body and head wrap, wrap skirt and shawl.
Photograph of a street scene with cars, people on camels and pedestrians in what appears to be the outskirts of a city or village somewhere in northern Ethiopia.