Horned Mursi woman with child

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The Mursi live in the Mago national park and the woman are famous for their lip plates. This woman has her lower lip cut to take a clay plate but hasn't put it in. She wears a pair of cattle horns and local fruit as body adornment.

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Size: 3508px × 5240px
Location: Lower Omo Valley
Photo credit: © CHRIS LEWINGTON / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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