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Twa people are considered lower caste by neighbouring tribes because they do not possess cattle
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Twa women are often difficult to distinguish from neighbouring Himba except for their less elaborate hairstyle and dress
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Twa woman displaying her intricate dreadlocks covered in Otjize ochre paste and lenghtened by artificial hair extensions
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The Erembe leather crown denotes that this Twa woman has been married for more than a year
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Young Twa wearing the Himba-like Ozondengura copper necklace seemingly indicating that she has had at least one child
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Like Himba, Twa women don't use water for washing but instead make a daily smoke bath to maintain personal hygiene
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Married Twa woman barely distinguishable from a Himba with her Erimbe crown, Ozondengura necklace and Ohumba cone shell, symbol of fertility
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Twa braids are lenghtened by including goat hair and increasingly artificial hair extensions imported from India
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Contrary to most tribes, Twa do not have cattle and their meagre livelihood is based on hunting and gathering
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Semi-nomadic Twa people have established their settlement in an abandonned Hakaona village
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Group of Twa women with various degrees of elaboration in their dress and adornment indicative of their social status
