015 Man piercing girls ears

Title: 015 Man piercing girls ears
Description: Women, but not men, have their ears pierced so they can wear decorative flowers, leaves, and so forth in them. The girls themselves decide when to have the piercing done. Here a man pierces a girls ear using a porcupine quill. He previously cooled her ears with water over which he had said a spell (in the bowl on the left).
Coverage: Malaysia
Creator: Endicott, Kirk M.
Date: 1972
Format: JPG
Identifier: https://commons.keene.edu/s/KSCArchive/item/12923
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Type: Stillimage
Provenance: Keene State College