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EASTERN ETHIOPIA 



Discs of wood for the upper lip are known as the 

 pelele and the lip is prepared for its reception in the 

 same way as the lobe of the ear among the Masai. The 

 lip is pierced with an awl when the girl is about eight 

 years of age : the hole is kept open by means of a piece 



A Young Woman of the Murle Tribe living near Lake 

 Rudolf. 



The labret is a portion of the horn of an ox ; the 

 ends are plugged with wood. The lower incisor 

 teeth have been removed. The beads of her 

 necklace are made from the shells of ostrich eggs. 

 (From von Hohnel's account of Count Telekfe 

 Journey to Lake. Rudolf. ) 



of grass, and further enlarged by using thicker grass 

 or two or three stalks, until it is big enough to receive 

 a piece of palm leaf made into a roll. In time the 

 opening in the lip is big enough to receive a disc of 



