In some parts of Papua New Guinea shell money and pig tusks are currencies which can buy most things. Explore jose g canos board 'Tribal body paint', followed by 108 people on Pinterest. Africans adorned themselves in four general ways: scarification, body painting, beadwork, and jewelry.
Traditionally, many African peoples wore little to cover their bodies, leaving their skin exposed and available for decoration. Body painting and this type of pig’s tusk prestigious finery is exhibited squeezed in the mouth or as head dress during certain ceremonies and rituals. Body Decorations of African Cultures Africans have ancient traditions for decorating and accessorizing the body in rich and varied ways. Pig’s tusks are considered very valuable, serving as traditional native money as well as decoration. Pigs are used for bride prize payments, as gifts to establish or maintain social relations and as payments to resolve social disputes or strengthen relationships between individuals, families, clans and tribes. Pigs are culturally the most important animals used extensively in many forms of exchange, alms-giving, feasting, compensation and as symbols of social status and rank. body paint ,face paint ,product ,painting ,kama sutra ,how to ,gift set ,face painting ,chocolate body paint ,body painting ,yellow pages ,treasure trove ,temporary tattoos ,tattoos ,face and body. Pigs have strong socio-cultural significance in Papua New Guinea. It can for example represent the origin or the social position, and also protect from evil forces, and show bravery and beauty.
Body painting is often practised for rites of passage for puberty, marriage and death, or during tribal war. Body painting with clay and other natural pigments existed in most tribal cultures and still survives in this ancient form among the people of Papua New Guinea.