The Mursi people have a distinct and very peculiar tradition of having lip plates in their mouths. When a young lady reaches puberty, her lips are cut, and a wooden plate inserted. This wooden plate ...

The lip plate, also known as a lip plug, or lip disc, is a form of body modification. Increasingly large discs (usually circular) are inserted into a pierced hole in either the upper or lower lip, or ...

Other images show an elderly woman with stretched ear lobes and male members of the tribe keeping lookout from a tree. Images of Ethiopian tribeswomen with lip plates measuring up to 24 inches show ...

Ethnic Mursi women with a Lip plate (lip cup) carrying a pot and holding her baby with one hand at Omo Valley in Ethiopia. Women of the Mursi tribe may have their lips cut at the age of 15 or 16. A ...

These striking portraits of a rarely-photographed Ethiopian tribe give a rare glimpse into the ancient body modification traditions. The Omi tribe who live in the Omo Valley of southern Ethiopia, have ...

A vertical lip piercing, also known as a vertical labret, is done by inserting jewelry through the middle of your lower lip. Although it is a popular practice, a vertical lip piercing can come with ...

It may look odd to us, but in the Ethiopian Suri tribe, this enormous lip plate is actually a sign of beauty. When girls hit puberty they have their bottom two teeth removed in a bizarre ritual before ...