Photograph showing a close-up of a girl, with her hair tied back, wearing a striped singlet. The lobes of her ears are stretched, and she wears heavy rings in them. The girl looks as if she is in the act of threading a needle, and has just looked up. Until recently, distended ear lobes were traditional among the kenyah and Kayan peoples.'Kenyah teenager, Long Moh, Ulu Baram' by Hedda Morrison,Circa 1960.
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