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Acheter Cadeaux équitables pour enfant Poupées et marionnettes Cotton and porcelain doll, 'Paduang Woman'
Acheter Cadeaux équitables pour enfant Poupées et marionnettes Cotton and porcelain doll, 'Paduang Woman'
Cadeaux équitables pour enfant Poupées et marionnettes Cotton and porcelain doll, 'Paduang Woman'
Poupées et marionnettes Cotton and porcelain doll, 'Paduang Woman'
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Cotton and porcelain doll, 'Paduang Woman' |
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$44.95
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For the Paduang, the beauty of a woman lies in the length of her neck indicated by the number of rings she wears around it. Suwit Suthamtha exemplifies this age-old tradition with this exquisite doll, dressed with a woven skirt and wearing a singular headdress made lavish with color beaded motifs. This Paduang doll makes a remarkable addition to a beloved doll collection. Although the Paduang are considered to be a group within the Karen, they do not speak any of their three languages. The Paduangs mainly live in Burma and a few have migrated to Northern Thailand. Paduang women are renowned for their foot-long necks adorned with up to 16 to 20 brass or silver rings, and they also wear up to 30 rings around their calves, for they believe the number of rings is a measure of their beauty. Suthamtha made a number of trials before achieving the hand-crafted perfection that characterizes his work and that of the artisans that collaborate with him. "I begin by molding the shape of the head, arms and legs in clay, and kiln the pieces at 1472?F. I then paint in the skin as well as the facial features. I use wire for the body, and shape it into a human posture, I wrap it with raw cloth and use kapok seeds for stuffing. I attach the ceramic limbs and face so that they may move. Then, women working at my workshop sew their clothes, I teach them how as well as about the different hill tribe costumes. Finally, I add jewelry items made of aluminum and zinc to authenticate what I see in real life." |
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