Azaghvana E-Book 2003 - Flipbook - Page 375
Plate 53b: JAGRGRA – presumably also worn during dzum zugune
The necklace was worn about the neck with centre
decoration between the breasts, while the striped
piece hung down the back. Three laces with a cluster
of objects: a brass ring, two fine beaded rings and
three aluminium rods hung at the front. At the other
side was a long strip of horizontal beads. It was worn
over the back with two thongs with ten-pence shaped
metal rings on the ends. The righthand image shows
the whole jagrgra. The detail next to it shows the
striped piece with beads hanging down the back with
the three laces worn around the neck. The three
aluminium objects on the brass and bead rings are
shown underneath. The one to the right (b) shows the
open hemispherical elements. They touch the skin,
while the image next to it (a) shows the ends of the
aluminium rods protruding. Bands of aluminium are
wound around fibre (c).
(a)
(b)
Objects worn about chest and waist:
Plate 54a: DADIR – presumably also worn during dzum zugune
Beaded waistband covered by a metal film (perhaps
tin or lead). A waistband of this kind might have
been given to a girl someone wanted to marry.
Perhaps they were even worn by some of the
unmarried women to see the men in question while
they were doing their dance at the place Sarara. We
were told by Zakariya Kwire that some of the men
who had not yet started dzum zugune also liked to
give their dress after they had danced to young
unmarried women to dance in them the next day.
Plate 54b: ƊIRA – presumably also worn during dzum zugune
Strings of coloured beads worn diagonally across the chest
and around the waist, for funerals and traditional dances. We
think they were, like most other items listed here, also worn
for dzum zugune, perhaps even by the wives of some of the
performers. It is interesting that they were worn diagonally
over shoulders and chest, also so typical for dzum zugune.
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