Old Maasai Woman
The original painting measured 47 x 47 cms. and was painted in mixed media
This venerable old Maasai woman was at the Maasai village we visited at Olduvai Gorge. She was most keen to point out to me , that despite her apparent age, she was still a very useful member of their village. In order to demonstrate this, she pointed to the hut we had been taken into and said with pride, “I built that strong home”. The women all wear their hair shaved close to their heads, and the married women wear heavily beaded earings and necklaces. Most of the women also liked to dress in the traditional manner with the red Maasai blanket worn over their bright blue kangas.
