In looking through some statistics for my blog, I discovered that seven people have found my blog by searching “beautiful Ethiopian women.” At the risk of increasing that number, I thought I would devote some time to traditions of body art among the Jewish communities of Ethiopia. While henna is used among Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Ethiopians, in this post I’m going to go (a little) out of my field and talk about tattooing. The origens of the Ethiopian Jews are murky and, to my mind…

Frontal, head and shoulders portrait of adult female, Ethiopia. Wearing cross pendant around neck, ear-ring, finger-ring. Pattern in henna on neck and shoulders. Cloth around breast. Plain cloth backdrop. Medium: Gelatin silver print.

Posts about ethiopian tattoo written by Spooner Tattoos

Ethiopia, where the birth family of my daughter live. A country of beauty, diversity and poverty.

Find the perfect ethiopian tattoo stock photo, image, vector, illustration or 360 image. Available for both RF and RM licensing.