together, naked no more

Munebbih region, Yemen, 1988. Pascal & Maria Marechaux

The ban of the Bori, demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa, 1914

From the book The Craft Traditions of India, Jaya Jaitly

Rabari woman, India. From the book Ethnic style: history and fashion by Geoffroy-Schneiter, Bérénice, 2001. Photo by Alastair McNaughton

Oman, 1980-2000. Eduardo M. Conde

Scanned from the book Imazighen: The Vanishing Traditions of Berber Women; 1996; Margaret Courtney-Clarke

Dhofar, Oman. Scanned from the book Oman Adorned: A Portrait in Silver; 1997; Miranda Morris & Pauline Shelton

Shepherds of the Rabiyah, Saudi Arabia. Scanned from the book Undiscovered Asir by Thierry Mauger

Scanned from the book Abha Bilad Asir: South-Western Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 1989; photos by Madeha al-Ajroush

Applying mushat; this makes the hair soft and gives it an exquisite perfume. Scanned from the book Abha Bilad Asir: South-Western Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 1989; photos by Madeha al-Ajroush

Abouam. From the book Coiffures féminines du Maroc: Au sud du Haut Atlas; 1990; Mireille Morin-Barde

Image: Idols - The Power of Images by Annie Caubet

shir-o-khorshid (the sun-lion), iran, late 18th–19th century

Maurice Felton, Portrait of Mrs Alexander Spark, detail, 1840

A rare representation of Cain and Abel's biblical story in which Cain kills Abel by biting him, instead of hitting him with a rock.

A fish shaped pie crimper, scrimshawed by a sailor, made of whale bone, mid 19th century