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A Young Dancer from Nias with Jewelry

Posted by Edith D on September 13, 2017 at 9:58am

Traditionally such headdresses would have been made of gold sheet metal. This young woman is wearing one made of gold-colored paper. The beads and bracelets. also traditionally fabricated in gold, are now made of electroplated aluminum or base metal alloys.

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Edith D September 13, 2017 at 10:13am

The bodice of her dress is fabricated from palm fronds. Red and yellow are apparently the preferred colors for Nias dancers, since most of the other photos of modern dancers that I have seen are in the same colors.

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