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

Gadaba tribeswoman in traditional dress with large earrings and necklaces denoting her tribe, Onukudelli, Orissa, India, Asia

Gadaba tribeswomen in traditional dress with large earrings and necklaces denoting their tribe, Onukudelli, Orissa, India, Asia

Bonda tribeswoman in traditional dress with beads and necklaces denoting her tribe, Onukudelli, Orissa, India, Asia

Bonda tribeswoman in traditional dress with beads, earrings and necklaces denoting her tribe, carrying shopping from market, Onukudelli, Orissa, India, Asia

Bonda tribeswoman in traditional dress with beads and necklaces denoting her tribe, Onukudelli, Orissa, India, Asia

Long neck girl, Paduang tribe, Mae Hong Son in Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long neck girls, Paduang tribe, Mae Hong Son in Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of a Long Neck girl of the Paduang tribe at Mae Hong Son, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Paduang woman (Long-necked people) (Long-Necked Karen), Mae Hong Son, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Giraffe necked Paduang woman, Shah Hills, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Paduang woman (Long-necked people) (Long-Necked Karen), Thai/Burma border Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long neck woman of the Long Neck Karen hilltribe from the Golden Triangle, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long neck woman of the Long Neck Karen hilltribe from the Golden Triangle, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long neck woman of the Long Neck Karen hilltribe from the Golden Triangle, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long neck woman of the Long Neck Karen hilltribe from the Golden Triangle, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long Neck Karen hilltribe from the Golden Triangle weaving, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Woman, Karen, Mae Hong Son, Thailand

Ndebele dolls, South Africa, Africa