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Re: Kayapo lip plates
REGINAH@SOCIOLOGY.LAN.MCGILL.CA
Mon, 16 May 1994 13:22:28 EST5EDT
In one of Terry Turner's Kayapo videos (at least I think this is
where I saw it), a Kayapo chief says that the lip plates are to make
the wearer look fiercer. How's that for an obvious answer?
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