The Ancient World

The history of body change is as long as human antiquity itself. People from various cultures and time periods around the world have stretched their earlobes because the cartilage in the ear has adequate strength to hold large pieces of jewelry placed on the pierced and strained earlobes. We think of stretch a modern practice, but in reality it has been a tradition for many cultures for thousands of years.

Body piercings and stretched lobes were performed ritualistically in the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica and South America, particularly in the Mayan, Olmec, and Aztec cultures. They made the piercings with the spines of the plants and then wore elaborate jewelry on their stretched lobes, septum, and tongue.

Women of the Matsés and Matis peoples had jeweled earlobes enlarged, wore shiny body paint, and had numerous piercings to show their strength. Many Aztec men made gold and silver jewelry to show that they were of an upper class, and lower class men wore plugs made from materials that were readily available, such as wood and copper. The upper-class men of the Mayan tribe would wear jewelry made from jade, while the lower-class would wear wood, bone, and stone.

King Tutankhamunking tut

Both the mask and the mummy of King Tut show that his lobes are elongated. Among the other elements of the pyramid found were artefacts that archaeologists believe were used as plugs or earrings.

The Iceman

"Man from Hauslabjoch", also known as Otzi the Iceman, was found in the Alps between Austria and Italy. It is the oldest mummified body discovered to date and it also had its ears stretched out! They were stretched to the corresponding of a 0 to 00 gauge. Otzi likewise had numerous tattoos that were located at acupuncture pressure points.

Buddhabuddha with stretched ears

Before Buddha chose the minimalist path of life, he wore heavy jewelry such as gemstones and solid gold in his earlobe piercings. Because of this, his earlobes were forever overextended. When Guatama Buddha definite to give up his wealth and belongings, he too took off his jewelry, giving us insight into how we see Buddha today, with long earlobes.

Fulani community

The Fulani tribe is from Nigeria and Vital Africa. The tribe holds beauty in high esteem and sees beauty in their tattoos and tattoos. When Fulani’s daughters are three years old, their ears are pierced. They don’t magnify them like the Masai and Mursi tribes, instead they can wear large intricate gold rings. Mursi is a tribe located in Ethiopia. The womenfolk of the tribe are known to have pierced the lower lip / labret by placing large wooden “plates” on their elongated lobes. When women are about fifteen or about to get married, their mother pierces their ears and lips and puts on a wooden dowel. This means that the adolescent has now entered the woman. After the piercing is stretched and cured, the wooden dowels are replaced with larger ones. When the holes are stretched to a certain size and hold the wooden boards, the Morsi woman will have a higher level of respect than before.

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