Found Object: Body Adornment
Ms. Gueli
Fashion / Textile Design
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Body Adornment: Traditional Practices and Contemporary Art, Summaries of Fashion Business Basics
Various body adornment practices from different cultures around the world, focusing on traditional jewelry and clothing. It includes information about the Paduang and Dayak tribes, their neck and ear customs, and the significance of these practices in their societies. Additionally, it introduces contemporary artists like Boris Bally, Bob Ebendorf, and Silvina Romero, who repurpose industrial materials and discarded objects to create unique jewelry. The document also mentions some universities and artists related to the topic.
What you will learn
- Why is body adornment considered a sign of wealth and beauty in some cultures?
- Why do Paduang women wear heavy brass rings around their necks?
- What materials does Argentinean designer Silvina Romero use to create her textile jewelry?
- How do contemporary artists like Boris Bally and Bob Ebendorf repurpose industrial materials for jewelry?
- What is the significance of elongated ears in Dayak Kenyah society?
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Found Object: Body Adornment
Ms. Gueli Fashion / Textile Design
Traditional Jewelry
- commonly called the Long Neck tribe or sometimes
the Giraffe women.
- heavy brass rings do not effect their necks rather
they press down on their rib cage and cause the rib
cage to grow downward.
- Rings are snapped around the necks of girls
beginning at the age of six. A few rings may be
added every year, up to a limit of 20.
- The RECORD : 28 brass rings.
- While no one knows exactly why the custom
developed, the most common explanation is that
"an extra-long neck is considered a sign of great
beauty and wealth and that it will attract a better
husband."
- Paduang women are also made to pay a steep price
if they commit adultery.
A women who is unfaithful to her husband is
punished by the removal of her neck rings; since her
neck muscles alone can no longer support her head,
she is forced to spend the rest of her years lying
down.
- Dayak Woman in Traditional Dress
- Elongated ears and tattooed hand
- Earlobes of women were pierced and
loaded at a very young age
- Over years add rings
- The earlobes can stretch very far
down and the length is considered a
sign of how much status the woman
has within Dayak Kenyah society.
- Portrait of a Turkanan Warrior
- Portrait of a Turkanan Woman
- Asmat Man
- Young Woman Dressed in Traditional Indian Clothing
- Gadabas Indian Woman Wearing Traditional Jewelry
- Berber Woman Wearing Ornate Jewelry
Traditional Indian clothing
• The gold ornaments that
some of the young
women wear on their
heads are an important
symbol of wealth.
- Traditional Masai Beadwork
- Hmong Children Dressed for a Performance - elaborate clothing everyday to do everything, even to bed
- Portrait of Samburu Warrior
- Mongonlian Traditional Dress
- Traditional Masai Beadwork
- Samburu Tribewoman - Kenya
- Hand of Bride at Hindu Wedding
- Man Wearing Feather in Nose Piercing - Brazil