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Loikaw Karenni Traditional
Kayan Kayan brass neck coil (B)
Ks 2,025,000
Bahan
- Ethnic: Kayah · Kayan
- Garment: Kayan brass neck coil
- Type: Ceremonial set
- Gender: Women
- Occasion: Daily wear, Ceremonial, Festival, Dance / performance, Wedding
- Material: Bronze / brass, Other, Silver, Cotton, Hand-woven
- Made by: Handwoven
- Color: Gold
- Size: L
- Condition: New
- Handmade
Description
Continuous spiral of heavy brass rod wound around the neck, added to over years so that the collarbones are depressed and the neck appears elongated. — Practised by Kayan Lahwi women specifically, not by all Kayan or all Karenni. ETHICALLY SENSITIVE because of exploitative long-neck-village tourism - a marketplace should handle replicas and imagery carefully and should not list worn coils as souvenirs. Made by a specialist smith, not woven. — Woven by handwoven. Sold via Loikaw Karenni Traditional.
