Labrets: Piercing and Stretching on the Northwest Coast and in Amazonia
This article examines the practice of piercing and stretching the lip in order to accommodate a labret in two regions: the North American Northwest Coast (with historical examples from Tlingit and Haida groups) and lowland South America (utilizing ethnographic writings on Suya and Kayapo communities...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2014-05-01
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| Series: | Mundo Amazónico |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/imanimundo/article/view/37644 |