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A Himba woman in traditional attire. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre

A Himba woman in traditional attire. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her long hair is styled in the traditional Himba way and is crowned with a headdress made of lambskin, called erembe. Her large, round white-beaded necklace, called ombwari, is worn by both sexes. Leather garments continue to be worn. The Himba are Herero-speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh, dry but starkly beautiful landscape of remote northwest Namibia

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The famous 'White Lady' rock painting in Maack's

The famous 'White Lady' rock painting in Maack's Shelter at The Brandberg. The Brandberg, or Fire Mountain, is Namibia's highest mountain east of the Namib Desert and is renowned for its gallery of old rock paintings, which were firs

© Nigel Pavitt

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Namibia, Twfelfontein bushmen carvings are one of the most important archeological sites in Southern Africa. The site has an extensive collection of pre-historic rock engravings, or pectoglifs, some dated as early as 3000 BC, carved onto the flat surfaces of a petrified sand dune

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