Photographs from a 1925-30 Archaeological Expedition in Ethiopia
Plate XVI. Portraits of Ethiopian Chieftains.

In Gurawa. Note the rifles and how stirrups are held by the big toe only. These men are most likely of Amhara or Oromo ethnicity.

Published in: R. P. Azais and R. Chambard, Cinq Années de Recherches Archéologiques en Éthiopie, province du Harar et Éthiopie méridionale. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1931.

 

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