Jewellery in Tribal Asia

I wanted to show some variations of the use of Jewellery in tribal asia. The image below shows a tribe called Bondo, which is an indian tribe in the Adivasi (a tribe which does not worship or belong to a major religion). There is a legend that in mythical times the Bondo women would would be able to wear nothing apart from a loincloth. So, they would wear rings and colourful beads hung all from their body to cover up the bareness. 

[Information using book: Tribal Asia]

This image below shows a Padaung woman, a tribe in the East of India. It is believed that woman, in ancient times, would have to wear the neck rings so that it was easier to attach chains to them when they were slaves. At the age of 5, children have their first ring attached to their necks, then as they get older, larger rings and more and more get added to their necks, ultimately stretching them. 

Image below: an indian tribe of the Adivasi showing the vast amount of jewellery worn by women. The colours and variety of material is eye catching and looks very current, especially the many rings worn on their fingers.

These images below of nose-rings are from an Ancient Arabic Bedouin women from the Sinai. It is now often believed that gold brings a symbol of bad luck, where silver means purity. I will take this into account when researching my styling within my chosen designs.

Now, the image below shows a wide selection of silver jewellery from a woman from the mountains of Yemen, wearing wedding jewellery. This shows a complete change in culture to traditional English weddings, where only a simple selection of silver jewellery is usually worn. 

The colourful image shows a Rabari woman, also in the Adivasi. The book states that women will usually only remove the hourglass shaped armwear after the death of her husband. These cuffs would have been made from ivory or elephant bones.