Portrait of a Rajasthani woman with nose ornament, Rajasthan State, India

Bonda tribeswoman wearing traditional bead costume with beaded cap, large earrings, nose ring and metal necklaces at weekly market, Rayagader, Orissa, India, Asia

Two young Jat women, one wearing traditional brass Jat tribal nose ring, jewellery and clothing, Bhidara village, Kutch, Gujarat, India, Asia

Portrait of a young woman with nose ring, Dhariyawad, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Kuna woman with gold nose ring, San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

Kuna woman with gold nose ring, San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

Bull tethered with nose ring and chain in pasture in County Clare, West of Ireland

Bull tethered with nose ring and chain in with herd of cows in County Clare, West of Ireland

Black bull with ring through nose in paddock meadow in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Black bull with ring through nose in meadow with cows in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Bull and friesian cow, Oxfordshire, The Cotswolds, United Kingdom

A holy woman laughing at Pashupatinath Hindu Temple in Nepal

Yak in mountain village of Altit in Hunza region of Karokoram Mountains, Pakistan

Woman bus passenger, Calcutta, India

Caucasian couple rubbing noses on sunny day

Close up of Caucasian woman with nose ring

African woman with nose ring

African woman with nose ring

Bride with the typical wedding jewellery during the wedding ceremony, in the village of Gangi, India, Asia

Bride with the typical wedding jewellery during the wedding ceremony, in the village of Gangi, India, Asia

Young Indian woman, portrait, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

When a woman is married she will wear a large nose ring. Rajahstan, India, 2008

India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur, Great India Thar Desert, woman of the Bishnoi tribe.

SUDAN Tribal People Portrait of a young Eritrean woman with scarified cheeks and a nose ring

MALI Body Decoration Smiling African woman wearing floral headscarf and small gold nose ring through her septum

HIMALAYAS Body Decoration Girl wearing large nose ring

INDIA Gujarat Kutch Dhordo Village. Girl with nose ring holding young child.

PANAMA San Blas Islands Kuna Indians Young Kuna mother rests in hammock outside home wearing brightly coloured traditional layered applique mola panel traditional bead design arm and leg bands and gold nose ring. Cuna Caribbean American Central America Classic Classical Colored Female Women Girl Lady Hispanic Historical Latin America Latino Older Panamanian West Indies

PANAMA San Blas Islands Ustupu Kuna Indians Portrait of smiling Kuna woman with gold nose ring and black line drawn along length of nose thought to enhance beauty. Cuna Caribbean American Central America Female Women Girl Lady Hispanic Latin America Latino Panamanian West Indies

Portrait of a young Indian girl at Meherangarh Fort wearing nose ring and chain and traditional bead jewelery and black kohl eyeliner, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Smiling Lambani Gypsy woman with gold nose ring Tribal forest dwellers now settled in 30-home rural hamlets Related to the Rabaris gypsies of Kutch Gujarat, People, Karnataka, India

Smiling Lambani Gypsy woman with gold nose ring Tribal forest dwellers now settled in 30-home rural hamlets Related to the Rabaris gypsies of Kutch Gujarat, People, Karnataka, India

Smiling Lambani Gypsy Tribal woman wearing gold nose ring Forest dwellers now settled in 30-home rural hamlets Related to the Rabaris gypsies of Kutch Gujarat, People, Karnataka, India

Close up of brown Scottish Highland bull with long wavy coat and nose ring in a barn, England, United Kingdom

Precolumbian Gold Nazca Culture, 100-700AD mummy with gold ornaments and wrapped in feather blanket in collection of the Museo del Oro, Lima, Peru

Gold Artifacts Moche (Mochica) Culture, 100 to 700AD, NCoast nose-ring from Old Lord of Sipan Tomb, 200AD, masterpiece in miniature of warrior-chief, Peru