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The blackened body of an indigenous Embera woman, from the Pacific Colombian jungles of Choco. They paint themselves black with the juice of the jagua fruit to alleviate mosquito bites and skin rashes

The blackened body of an indigenous Embera woman, from the Pacific Colombian jungles of Choco. They paint themselves black with the juice of the jagua fruit to alleviate mosquito bites and skin rashes.

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Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2011
Date Uploaded: 11.2012
Photo Location: Colombia
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Copyright: © Piers Calvert