Plaque labiale ·  Éthiopie / Soudan du Sud, Surma (Suri) · ID: 3051227

Description

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Lip plates among the Mursi and Suri tribes symbolize beauty, fertility, and social status. Larger plates can increase dowries, making them a sign of higher status. Traditionally, they were thought to deter slave traders.

Littérature comparée

Musee Royale de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren (ed.), Aethiopia, Tervuren 1996, p. 331