Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

A Maasai woman wears the trademark intricately- and colourfully-beaded earrings, chokers, necklaces and bangles for sale at the weekly Maasai Market, which is precariously perched on a slope in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, near the Globe Cinema Roundabout.

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