Lip plate

The lip plate, also known as a lip plug, lip disc, or mouth plate, is a form of body modification. Increasingly large discs (usually circular, and made from clay or wood) are inserted into a pierced hole in either the upper or lower lip, or both, thereby stretching it. The term labret denotes all kinds of pierced-lip ornaments, including plates and plugs.

Lip plate
Mursi woman with lip plate (2014)
NicknamesLabret, lip plate, lip disc
JewelryClay, wood or metal disc

Archaeological evidence indicates that disk and plate labrets have been invented multiple times including in Africa (Sudan and Ethiopia; 5500–6000 BC) Mesoamerica (1500 BC), and coastal Ecuador (500 BC).

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