Mursi - Dental plate
The Mursi are perhaps the most famous of the Omo Valley tribes as a result of the large lip plates made of clay that are worn by the women. One theory is that the lip plates were to put off slavers. The loops in the ears are also for plates.
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Location: Mursi Village, Southern Ethiopia
Photographer: © Neil Harris
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