Young Embera daughters with sweet-smelling lilies in their ears paint their bodies with black dye extracted from the indedible Jagua fruit in preparation for their mothers curing ceremony.Pacific co...

Young Embera daughter painted with black dye extracted from Jagua fruit wearing multiple bead necklaces and head-dress of wild hybiscus and lilies masticates maize the saliva sets off fermentation...

Embera family group with young women painted with black dye extracted from Jagua fruit and wearing brightly coloured glass bead necklaces.Tiny glass beads originating from Europe are coveted trade go...

Portrait of Embera boy with typical fringe haircut sitting at entrance to stilted family home. Faint body decoration marks from purple/black dye extracted from Jagua fruit still visible ten days afte...

Two Embera Indian children playing with plastic cups and bowlsEmbera is an indigenous territory and also a language group in Colombia and Panama