An individual's dark-skinned hands are observed braiding the natural, dark hair of a young Nigerian girl, approximately 5-8 years old, in Ashipa, Nigeria

An individual's dark-skinned hands are observed braiding the natural, dark hair of a young Nigerian girl, approximately 5-8 years old, in Ashipa, Nigeria. The girl is depicted in profile, facing left, seated on a wooden chair with a patterned upholstered backrest. She wears a sleeveless top or dress featuring a red and white zigzag pattern with ruffled shoulder straps. Her hair is in various stages of braiding, with some sections formed into cornrows close to the scalp, others into loose individual braids, and remaining sections unbraided, forming tufts on the crown. The background features a textured, light-colored concrete or stucco wall on the left, against which a wooden-handled metal shovel is propped. A window with a fine mesh screen is visible behind the braider's hands in the upper background.