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Kayapó of the Xingu, Brazil

File number: brlb0012

© South American Pictures/ Claire Leimbach

Brazil. The Kayapó (also known as the Xikrin and Txhukahamai) of the Xingu, Para state. Women and children, their faces/ bodies painted with red urucu (annatto) and blue/black genipa dyes sit on a palm-fibre mat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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