File:Lippin bei den Sara.jpg

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English: Artificial Deformation; All the women of the Sara tribe have this stretched labret piercings of the lips as a sign of beauty.
  • The effect is produced by piercing the lips and gradually enlarging the holes by inserting wooden discs, the size of which is increased as the lips get distended.
Deutsch: Abb. 451. Künstliche Verunstaltung der Lippen bei den Sara[-Djingé]. die bei ihnen als besonders schön gilt. Die Lippen werden durchbohrt und die Öffnungen allmählich durch die Verwendung immer größerer Holz-Scheibchen erweitert.
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Source Customs of the World, page iii; "Die Sitten der Völker Zweiter Band page 396
Author Phot. Dr. Kumm F. R. G. S.
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