This Mursi woman has a stretched lip and dons a decorative headdress. OMO VALLEY, ETHIOPIA: MEET THE tribe where WOMEN are handed down to the next ava
This Mursi woman has a stretched lip and dons a decorative headdress. OMO VALLEY, ETHIOPIA: MEET THE tribe where WOMEN are handed down to the next available man following the DEATH of their husbands. In one image, a Mursi woman supported the weight of her large lip plate, the presence of which proves that she is a worthy bride. In another, a young Mursi girl donned a headdress created out of leather, scrap metal, and cow horns. Photographer, Tim Vollmer (48), from Teningen, Germany, was in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia, when he captured these images of the Mursi tribe over several days. Considered to be the richest tribe in the Omo Valley, the Mursi people base their wealth on how many cattle they own. Mursi women can enter marriage in several ways ? most are arranged or consensual, but some women enter ?inheritance? marriages. If a woman?s husband dies, she is passed down to the next available male relative. The Mursi women are also renowned for their decorative lip plates which are created by inserting a wooden peg into a cut in the lower lip. The larger the plate becomes, the more valuable the woman is considered to be to potential suitors. / Tim Vollmer
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