IDNO

P.7099.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Three women with distended lips, Saras-Djinges, S. of Lake Chad.
Lip-distension by means of wooden discs a part of betrothal rites, girls are affianced in childhod and future husband performs first operation of piercing lips and inserting a piece of wood.

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; south of Lake Chad

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

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