Mursi woman with lip plate and Kalashnikov in the Lower Omo Valley of Ethiopia.
Mursi woman with lip plate and Kalashnikov in the Lower Omo Valley of Ethiopia. The Mursi girls have a fold cut in their lower lip as they enter womanhood, where a pulley is inserted, which then stretches the lip until larger plates can be put in.
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Location: Mago National Park, South Omo, Ethiopia
Photo credit: © dave stamboulis / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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