Living Artists Contemporary Original Art auction

"Plate Lips" BY Emeka Nwauzor Created in 2023 with Charcoal pencil and Graphite pencils

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Start price: £900

Estimated price: £900 - £1,170

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SHIPS FROM Lagos, Nigeria "Plate Lip" is a Murshi people in Ethiopia. Their young girls are called the "Plate Lips." This is because when the girls reach the puberty stage or fertility stage; their mother cut their lips to signify that they’re about to marry. Am an artist and a writer. Am from Nigeria but currently living in Lagos city of Nigeria I like drawing, reading and travelling.

Condition: Good, as in the images

Dimensions: 90 x 60 cm