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An adornment is generally an accessory or ornament worn to enhance the beauty or status of the wearer. They are often worn to embellish, enhance, or distinguish the wearer, and to define cultural, social, or religious status within a specific community. When worn to show economic status, the items are often either rare or prohibitively expensive to others. Adornments are usually colourful, and worn to attract attention.
They have a long history, around the world, from feathers or bone, to modern accessories, such as jewellery. Items of adornment are also used by warriors, and by other members of the military to show rank or achievement.
Image:Ilker Basbug.jpg, A heavily adorned general
Image:Shona witch doctor (Zimbabwe).jpg, A Shona witch doctor wearing skins and beads
Image:BentoXVI-30-10052007.jpg, Pope Benedict XVI
Image:Daisy Tanks 20080110 Adult Entertainment Expo 2.jpg, Punk adornment
Image:Bling-bling jewelry.jpg, A modern example of adornment:
Examples of African adornment
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adornment Fashion Body modification History of clothing
An adornment is generally an accessory or ornament worn to enhance the beauty or status of the wearer. They are often worn to embellish, enhance, or distinguish the wearer, and to define cultural, social, or religious status within a specific community. When worn to show economic status, the items are often either rare or prohibitively expensive to others. Adornments are usually colourful, and worn to attract attention.
They have a long history, around the world, from feathers or bone, to modern accessories, such as jewellery. Items of adornment are also used by warriors, and by other members of the military to show rank or achievement.
Items of adornment
These include cosmetics, jewellery, clothing accessories, facial hair, fingernail modification, piercing, lip plates, tattooing, braiding, and headgear.Cultures, subcultures, and institutions
Groups who practice adornment include the Yakuza, military, religious institutions, tribal groups, and the punk culture. Items of adornment can tell us about a person's rank, social status, gender role, area of origin, etc. An example would be the beaded jewelry worn by theMaasai Maasai may refer to:
* Maasai people
*Maasai language
* Maasai mythology
* MAASAI (band)
See also
* Masai (disambiguation)
* Massai
Massai (also known as: Masai, Massey, Massi, Mah–sii, Massa, Wasse, Wassil or by the nickname "Big Foot" Mas ...
tribe, which is very specific to them and some related tribes.
Images
Bling-bling
Bling-bling, often shortened to just bling, is "flashy jewelry worn especially as an indication of wealth or status; broadly: expensive and ostentatious possessions" such as grills and designer bags. The term arose as slang, but grew into a cu ...
Image:Maasai jewelry.jpg, Maasai beaded jewelry
Image:LA2-NSRW-2-0065_trimmed.jpg, Examples of social attire, a form of adornment, from the European Renaissance through the 19th Century
See also
* Fashion accessory * Body modification * Native American jewelryReferences
Further reading
* Kniel, N; Wright, T:''Ribbon: The Art of Adornment'', press, * Boucher, François:''20,000 Years of Fashion
''20,000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment'' is a dictionary of western fashion from ancient times up to the 1960s, edited by Francois Boucher and his longtime assistant Yvonne Deslandres.
The book is widely cited a ...
: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment'', H.N. Abrams, 1987.
* White, Carolyn L.:''American Artifacts of Personal Adornment, 1680-1820:A Guide to Identification and Interpretation'', Altamira Press, 2005, ,
* Bouchot, Henri:''The Printed Book, Its History, Illustration, and Adornment, from the Days of Gutenberg to the Present Time'', General Books, 2010, ,
*Gurel, Lois M., Beeson, Marianne S.:''Dimensions of dress and adornment: a book of readings'', Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1979.
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External links
Examples of African adornment
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adornment Fashion Body modification History of clothing