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The Konyaks

Last of the Tattooed Headhunters

Phejin Konyak, Peter Bos
Livre relié | Anglais
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  • The first time such intensive research and documentation on Konyak tattoo art has been undertaken
  • An overall view of the Konyak people, their society, way of life and the culture in detail
The Konyaks - a once fearsome headhunting tribe in Nagaland on the border of Myanmar in northeast India - are well known for their iconic body and facial tattoos, originally earned for taking an enemy's head. This book - over four years in the making - is the personal journey of a Konyak woman who retraces the steps of her grandfather and great-grandfather by documenting her tribe's tattooing practices. She explores the Konyak's concept of beautification of the body using it as a canvas for art, with inscriptions marked on the skin as a form of rite of passage and cycle of life. With elegant and powerful portraits of elders, both men and women, this book preserves the unique but vanishing practices of the culture, together with tattoo patterns, their meanings, and the oral traditions attached to them in folktales, songs, poems and sayings. It includes descriptions and information on headhunting and tattooing practices; reasons behind them; techniques used; tattoo artists; different tattoo groups; types of tattoos; and personal stories.

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Auteur(s) :
Phejin KonyakPeter Bos
Editeur:
Roli Books

Contenu

Nombre de pages :
200
Langue:
Anglais
Illustré:
Oui

Caractéristiques

EAN:
9789351941125
Date de parution :
01-09-18
Format:
Livre relié
Format numérique:
Genaaid
Dimensions :
224 mm x 305 mm
Poids :
1338 g

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