Lip plates are usually made of clay or wood and range between 4 and 25 centimeters. To be placed on the lip, two or four teeth are removed before the lower lip is cut to fit the lip plate. This lip plate process is usually done by their mother when they attain puberty.
Also question is, why do some cultures stretch their lips?
Through the years, larger plates are inserted into the lip causing it to stretch. The larger the clay plate, the more the woman is worth before she gets married. It is said that the clay plates were originally used to prevent capture by slave traders.
Consequently, what was the most feared tribe in Africa?
Somalis. What is the most dangerous tribe in Africa? Top on the list of deadliest African warriors is the Somali tribe. The Somali are undoubtedly the most powerful of all African tribes when it comes to military warfare and tactics.
Which is the dangerous tribe in the world?
The Sentinelese, also known as the Sentineli and the North Sentinel Islanders, are an indigenous people who inhabit North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal in the northeastern Indian Ocean.
