Photo by Alfred Joseph Smith 



PAI.AUNG WOMKN OF UPPER BURMA 



"The females of one branch of the Karens and Palaungs wear brass rings around their 

 necks, arms, and legs, weighing, it is said, 50 to 60 pounds. The neck rings, as thick as the 

 little finger, are put on the girl in infancy, four or five rings at first and others added as 

 fast as she grows, till 18 or 20 keep the neck always stretched" (see page 852). 



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