![The Bizarre Lip Plate Tradition. An extreme cultural practice that has… | by Yewande Ade | History Street | Medium The Bizarre Lip Plate Tradition. An extreme cultural practice that has… | by Yewande Ade | History Street | Medium](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:802/1*LnI954F9gYPOWuAMH9qH2Q.jpeg)
The Bizarre Lip Plate Tradition. An extreme cultural practice that has… | by Yewande Ade | History Street | Medium
![A lady from the Mursi tribe with lip-plate removed. She explained through our interpreter that the lip plates someti… | Mursi tribe, Mursi tribe woman, Tribes women A lady from the Mursi tribe with lip-plate removed. She explained through our interpreter that the lip plates someti… | Mursi tribe, Mursi tribe woman, Tribes women](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/29/2e/44/292e44e21ea4fd822f937838e6556794.jpg)
A lady from the Mursi tribe with lip-plate removed. She explained through our interpreter that the lip plates someti… | Mursi tribe, Mursi tribe woman, Tribes women
𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐍 - Mursi Tribe in Ethiopia 🇪🇹 The custom of wearing a lip plate is linked to the female's fertility and eligibility for marriage. The lip plate in Mursi tribe carries
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Surma tribes lip plates for Mursi Tribe and Suri Tribe in the Omo Valley Ethiopia — JAYNE MCLEAN PHOTOGRAPHER
![This Mursi woman has removed her lip plate showing the gap left behind. OMO VALLEY, ETHIOPIA: MEET THE tribe where WOMEN are handed down to the next a Stock Photo - Alamy This Mursi woman has removed her lip plate showing the gap left behind. OMO VALLEY, ETHIOPIA: MEET THE tribe where WOMEN are handed down to the next a Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2FN2742/this-mursi-woman-has-removed-her-lip-plate-showing-the-gap-left-behind-omo-valley-ethiopia-meet-the-tribe-where-women-are-handed-down-to-the-next-a-2FN2742.jpg)
This Mursi woman has removed her lip plate showing the gap left behind. OMO VALLEY, ETHIOPIA: MEET THE tribe where WOMEN are handed down to the next a Stock Photo - Alamy
![Why girls of the Mursi tribe must remove their teeth and stretch their lips before they marry | Pulse Nigeria Why girls of the Mursi tribe must remove their teeth and stretch their lips before they marry | Pulse Nigeria](https://ocdn.eu/images/pulscms/ZTc7MDA_/05c6ec67c20449f1d94fa2e5c8960875.jpg)
Why girls of the Mursi tribe must remove their teeth and stretch their lips before they marry | Pulse Nigeria
![The tribe remove their lip plates for activities like talking and eating. DEBUB OMO ZONE, ETHIOPIA: MEET THE tribe where women begin stretching their Stock Photo - Alamy The tribe remove their lip plates for activities like talking and eating. DEBUB OMO ZONE, ETHIOPIA: MEET THE tribe where women begin stretching their Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2FM919Y/the-tribe-remove-their-lip-plates-for-activities-like-talking-and-eating-debub-omo-zone-ethiopia-meet-the-tribe-where-women-begin-stretching-their-2FM919Y.jpg)