Image Title:
A Kikuyu woman

Note:
The Kikuyu women strive to get many rings through the artificial opening in their ears. One I counted forty-four rings in the pinna; the majority were in the lobe-loop, but a dozen occupied a slit in the concha.

Source:
Bland-Sutton, John. 1911. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia: From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan. London: Macmillan and Co., p.112. Book at Google.

Subject:
Jewelry - Earring - Kikuyu - Woman - Rings - Ear - Lobe - loop

Date:
1911

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-JWY-28

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