Head portrait of a Yao boy, Malawi, ca.1910
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“Yao head". Head portrait of a young boy with a hairstyle that comes to a peak at the front of his head. The boy is Wayao, from the Yao tribe. They are a predominately Muslim people centred around the Southern end of Lake Malawi. In the nineteenth century they traded primarily in Ivory and slaves and had close links with Arab traders.
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