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Batammariba traditional headdress. Early XXth type from Atakora Valley, North-Benin, North-Togo or Koutammakou area. Gurunsi group and related tribes: Somba, Kassena. A very old and not common model. #batammariba #otammari #benin #beninhistory #burkinafaso #artpremier #artpremiers #tribalartlondon #gurunsi #tribalartgallery #togo #tribalartmagazine #atakora #pdm #koutammakou #kassena #somba #tribalartsociety #tribalart #newyorkartgallery #parcoursdesmondes #laartgallery #pdm #bruneaf #paristribal #bruneaf #dallasartgallery #chicagoartgallery #paristribal https://www.instagram.com/p/Bveq2Tfn9CV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14u3xya7r2d1r

French vintage postcard

BENIN by BoazImages on Flickr.

"Tata Somba", Atakora, Benin Photograph by Gerrit van der Linden, Trekearth The Tammari people, or Batammariba, also known as Somba, are an Oti–Volta-speaking people of the Atakora Department of Benin and neighboring areas of Togo, where they go by the name of Taberma. They are famous for their two-story fortified houses, known as Tata Somba ("Somba house"), in which the ground floor is used for housing livestock at night, internal alcoves are used for cooking, and the upper floor contains a rooftop courtyard and is used for drying grain, sleeping quarters, and granaries. These evolved by adding an enclosing roof to the clusters of huts joined by a connecting wall that are typical of Gur-speaking areas of West Africa. The Tammari are mostly animist by religion. Their language is in the Gur family. (en.wikipedia.org)

Village in Atakora Mountains Benin Africa

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