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Surma Bride,
Carol Beckwith1996
African Ceremonies
Friday Harbor, United States
A Surma bride from Ethiopia wears a clay lip plate, which is inserted six months before marriage. The size of the lip plate indicates the number of cattle that a young man must pay her family for her hand in marriage. This bride wears a plate revealing the bride-price of 75 head of cattle.
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Details
- Title: Surma Bride,
- Creator: Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher
- Date: 1996
- Location: Ethiopia
- Copyright: copyright Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher
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