Padaung woman, 'giraffe-neck' woman with brass rings which depress the collarbone, Kayah State, Myanmar (Burma)

Portrait of a long necked Padaung tribe woman, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, AsiaThe women of the Padaung hill tribe wear heavy brass ornaments around their neck and limbs. These ornaments look like separate rings but are really a continuous coil of brass that can weigh anywhere from five to twenty-two kilograms and measure up to 30 meter in length. The quantity of visual rings (in reality, the length of the brass coil) is increased every year, according to the age of the woman.

Black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) chasing ring-neck doves, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

A member of the Long Necked Karen Hill Tribes, Chiang Rai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of a Padaung woman (Giraffe woman) (Long-necked woman), Loikaw area, Panpet, Kayah state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Portrait of a Padaung woman (Giraffe woman) (Long-necked woman), Loikaw area, Panpet, Kayah state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Portrait of a Padaung woman, (Giraffe woman) (Long-necked woman), with a traditional weaving chair, Loikaw area, Panpet, Kayah state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Portrait of a Padaung woman (Giraffe woman) (Long-necked woman), Loikaw area, Panpet, Kayah state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Portrait of a Padaung woman (Giraffe woman) (Long-necked woman), Loikaw area, Panpet, Kayah state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Long necked woman from Padaung tribe weaving at Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Long necked woman from Padaung tribe weaving at Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Woman with long neck from the Padaung tribe, Ywama village, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

Young woman with long neck from the Padaung tribe, Ywama village, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

Woman with long neck from the Padaung tribe, Ywama village, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

Woman with long neck from the Padaung tribe, Ywama village, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

Girl of the Padaung ethnic group wearing traditional clothing, portrait, at Indein, Shan State, Myanmar, Asia

Portrait of a Padaung, giraffe, woman, Loikaw area, Panpet, Kayah state, Myanmar, Asia

Padaung, giraffe, woman standing in a window frame of her house, Panpet, Loikaw area, Kayah state, Myanmar, Asia

Portrait of a senior Kayan woman, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a Padaung, giraffe with a traditional weaving chair, woman, Loikaw area, Kayah state, Myanmar, Asia

Long necked woman with several brass rings around her neck, Lake Inle, Myanmar, Asia

Laughing three Padaung women, Loikaw area, Kayah state, Myanmar, Asia

Woman, Karen, Mae Hong Son, Thailand

Padaung or long neck woman weaving, Inle lake, Myanmar, Asia

Young long necked woman with several brass rings around her neck, Lake Inle, Myanmar, Asia

Woman with extended neck by traditional necklace, long neck woman, at the traditional Phaung Daw OO market, Phaung Daw, Lake Inle, Myanmar, Asia

Friendly Padaung woman, Loikaw area, Kayah state, Myanmar, Asia

Ndebele dolls, South Africa, Africa