Sunday, August 15, 2010

From Henry Penndorf #2


Giraffe Neck Women Of Burma.3, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Giraffe Neck Women of Burma

2 comments:

Buckles said...

A frightful thought just occurred to me.
If the coils were suddenly removed her head would collapse and have to be supported manually, giving the lady a serpentine effect.
What an attraction that would have been!

Anonymous said...

That did happen. As punishment for various infractions within the tribe, a woman could lose her neck rings. Since the neck muscles had atrophied, she could no longer hold up her head and usually died from asphixiation.