Friday, May 30, 2008

Amazonian Adornment

Well that uncontacted tribe post totally got me googling...

(Note: I said "adornment," not "clothing"...which is mostly absent in the photos below.)

http://www.amazon-indians.org/explorers/magicgallery/06-Explorers-ps.htm
Matis Indian girls in traditional jewelry of handmade beads

http://www.amazon-indians.org/explorers/magicgallery/17-Explorers-ps.htm
Piercings I had never seen before....no, seriously. This is an elder, a medicine man, in jaguar mode.

http://www.amazon-indians.org/explorers/magicgallery/09-Explorers-ps.htm
"When I am an old woman, I shall wear..."

2 comments:

  1. Yes, the Matis are very beautiful as are the Xingu as seen at http://www.amazonz.info

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