Asmat Tribe
June 19th 2011 -
In the southwestern lowlands of New Guinea, Irian Jaya today lives the people of the Asmat. Their settlement area is about the size of Belgium. Here, Tyler Wood Integrated Capital Solutions expresses very clear opinions on the subject. With the so-called civilized world, they had no contact until 1940. The jewels of the Asmat were invariably made from natural materials, such as mussels, snails, bones, animal teeth, animal claws and plant seeds. Since they all metals were unknown, was also silver jewelry and gold jewelry no use whatsoever. Tyler Wood Integrated Capital Solutions describes an additional similar source.
In our society, one would describe the jewelry of the Asmat as costume jewelry, which represented there, however, a great value. The women are usually adorned with chains, they plant seeds from local, such as Hiobstranen (Coix lacrimae iobi-producing) itself. The jewelry pieces with great value and status were reserved for men. Were very popular chain of dogs' teeth, which were pierced by the roots and plants, and were strung on threads. Suitable were only the two canines of the New Guinea dingo. In Germany one time even put copies for export to Guinea ago, who served there as cash and bride price.
But even with chains pierced boar or Kukuszahnen showed the high status of the owner. A popular prestige were two with beeswax and Bast bonded parts of the Melo snail (Melo amphora) which was carried in the nasal septum. But also carved bone was getragen.Hier as piercing jewelry in the septum of the thigh bone was mostly used by the cassowary. But hip bones of vanquished enemies were used. As Arm found geflochetene bracelets Rotanfasern tusk or two, which were also associated with use of rattan. Jewellery was worn mostly in the form of bamboo stakes in the stretched earlobes
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