Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Untitled 3, A Suri Warrior Wearing Body Paint, Suri Village, Omo Valley, Ethiopia
February 2011
African history · place not specified
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Description provided by Doggett: "A Suri warrior. The artful application of body paint is a means of intimidating enemies and attracting women. It is also a communal creative process among Suri men, who decorate each other's bodies with paint made from water and chalk.".
- Collection
- Drew Doggett Photographs
- Catalog date
- February 2011
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Doggett, Drew
- Format and extent
- 1 Photographic print (color; matted, 12 x 18 in. (print); 18 x 24 in. (matted))
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.2015-009, Item EEPA.2015-009-0003
Collection: Drew Doggett Photographs