15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
An old Mursi woman in Omo Valley, Ethiopia

Mursi people in Omo Valley had invented the use of these labial dishes in order to prevent the kidnapping of their women from other tribes.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2016
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Arbaminch, Ethiopia
Camera: NIKON D4S
Copyright: © Alvise Crovato