Large tribal lip disc decorated on two sides, Mursi, Ethiopia

Large lip disc of the Mursi, Ethiopia (border of Sudan and Kenya). Diameter of 11 cm! and what is rare... decorations on both sides! Used large clay lip disc. Lip discs are worn by women in Africa and by men in South Africa. They occur only in the upper or lower lip or in both lips. The lips are cut free from the overlying or underlying skin. This plate is placed in a hole that is made by putting a piercing through it. They start with a small one and it gets bigger and bigger. This is a beautiful copy in very good condition! See the pictures. RAZORSHARP PRICING!!

Weight is 189 grams

(a small, not edited one is listed on Etsy for ... € 385.46 ..... )