ERITREA, Body Decoration, Portrait of woman with pierced nose and facial scarification.

NIGER, People, Body Decoration, Smiling Fulani woman with tatooed lips and gold nose ring through her septum.

NIGER, People, Fulani woman with tatooed lips and gold nose ring through her septum.

SUDAN, Darfur Province, Kababish tribeswoman wearing headscarf and hooped nose ring.

ETHIOPIA, Body Decoration, Portrait of a young woman with nose decoration.

MALI, Niono, Fulani mother wearing gold earrings beads and nose ring.

Afghanistan, General, Head and shoulders portrait of Afghan nomad woman wearing elaborate nose ring and head jewellery indicating bride wealth.

Nepal, Kathmandu, Close-up of pair of eyes and 'nose' on one of the faces of the Great Stupa's steeple; the nose is, in fact, the Nepali number 1.

Nepal, Kathmandu, Close-up of a pair of eyes and 'nose' on the steeple of the Great Stupa. The nose is the Nepali symbol for the number one.

Nepal, Kathmandu, Close-up of pair of eyes and 'nose' on one of the faces of the Great Stupa's steeple; the nose is, in fact, the Nepali number 1.

India, Uttarakhand, Hardiwar, Head and shoulders portrait of smiling young woman carrying vessel on her head.

India, Uttarakhand, Hardiwar, Head and shoulders portrait of smiling young woman.