. Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ... ethat these were the aborigi-nes, who had retained oneof their customs which theirconquerors disdained to ob-serve. The custom is that ofwearing the lip-ring, whichobtains only among the wo-men as a rule, although somecases have been noted ofmen wearing it. The upperlip of a small girl is perfor-ated, and a piece of stone,wood, or metal, inserted toprevent the wound growingup. Gradually the orifice isenlarged by substituting a larger piece of material for
. Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ... ethat these were the aborigi-nes, who had retained oneof their customs which theirconquerors disdained to ob-serve. The custom is that ofwearing the lip-ring, whichobtains only among the wo-men as a rule, although somecases have been noted ofmen wearing it. The upperlip of a small girl is perfor-ated, and a piece of stone,wood, or metal, inserted toprevent the wound growingup. Gradually the orifice isenlarged by substituting a larger piece of material for that pre-viously used; and in the lip protrudes an inch anda half or two inches. The lip-ring cannot be said to add to aladys beauty, but it is the fashion in Ubudjua and some othercountries, and is most cheerfully and even proudly worn. At Pakundi, they fell in with a caravan of about two hun-dred and fifty, with whom, for mutual protection, they con-tinued their journey through Manyuema. The caravan was inreality composed of several, and some of the leaders wereslave-traders. Cameron thus had an opportunity of witnessing. The Pelele or Lip-Ring.
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