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EASTERN ETHIOPIA 
Discs of wood for the upper lip are known as the 
peleU 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 *; i 
years of age : the hole is kept open ])y 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 Teltki’s 
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 tlie 
opening in the lip is big enough to re(xhve a disc of 
