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The lip plate, also known as a lip plug, lip disc, or mouth plate, is a form of body modification. Increasingly large discs (usually circular, and made from clay or wood) are inserted into a pierced hole in either the upper or lower lip , or both, thereby stretching it.
Lip plates are a well known aspect of the Mursi and Surma, who are probably the last groups in Africa amongst whom it is still the norm for women to wear large pottery, wooden discs, or 'plates', in their lower lips. Girls' lips are pierced at the age of 15 or 16.
Once the lip is pierced, it is then stretched and lip plates of increasing size are then placed in the hole of the piercing. Having a lip plate is a sign of female beauty and appropriateness; a common thought is that the bigger the plate, the more cattle the woman is "worth" for her bride price, though this is denied by some.
Horizontal lip piercings are very rare, and include a horizontal bar on the lower lip that goes through the lip surface. Another variation of the labret is known as the dahlia piercing. The piercings, placed at or very near the corners of the mouth, are named in reference to the murder of Black Dahlia , in which the victim's mouth was cut along ...
I wonder if [Suri] is the same group as the Surma? -- Gyrofrog 28 June 2005 19:23 (UTC) I'm not exactly sure, but their language belongs to the Surmic group. - Mustafaa 28 June 2005 19:29 (UTC) I've also seen a reference (in a tourist book) to the Mursi. Suri, Surma, and Mursi are all known for the women's use of lip plates.
I have a danish tekst which tell about a Lip plate on 50cm in diameter. I think as "diameter" and "circumference" are confused. As 25cm = 8cm and 50cm = 16cm. If the mouth is 5cm, a disc on 8cm is practicable, and disc about 15-16cm in diameter is a world record for Lip plates.Haabet 11:59, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Historically, they were known for their lip plates, an unusual form of body modification which they practiced. After marriage, Suyá men used to have their lower lip pierced, and have a small wooden disk placed inside. The size of the disk would be gradually increased as time went on, permanently changing the size of the lip.
A 2021 study comparing a variety of Ethiopian populations discovered that the Daasanach people cluster closer to the Nilotic Nyangatom and the Aroid (South Omotic) Karo peoples than they do to most other Cushitic populations of Ethiopia. [3]