Suffering an unknown malady, a woman was slathered in mud by a Daasanach healer, who said evil spirits had caused her illness and the lake was her last hope for a cure.

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Suffering an unknown malady, a woman was slathered in mud by a Daasanach healer, who said evil spirits had caused her illness and the lake was her last hope for a cure.

Copyright: RANDY OLSON
Image Size: 6000x4000 / 137.4MB
Keywords: africa, color image, daasanach culture, day, illness, kenya, kenyan culture, lake turkana, lakes, mud, one person, outdoors, photography, primitive medicine, senior adult, sick, spiritualism, suffering, traditional culture, water, women
Contained in galleries: Lake Turkana_National Geographic Magazine 4/2015

Randy Olson, Melissa Farlow Photography