Rare Vintage Hand Carved Wooden Sculpture Myanmar Kayan Tribe Padaung Women Wearing Neck Rings / Giraffe hotsell Women Statue 16”/40.7cm

• Origin: Myanmar
• Age: circa 1980-1990's (estimated)
• Size: 16.0x3.7x3.0 inches - 40.7x9.5x7.5 cm
• Unpacked weight: 2.49 lbs - 1.13 kg
• Materials: wood

• Description
Rare vintage hand carved wooden sculpture Myanmar Kayan tribe padaung women wearing neck rings / giraffe women statue, still in good condition, no damage, slight signs of aging.
Women of the Kayan tribes (Myanmar/Burma) identify themselves by their forms of dress. Women of the Kayan Lahwi tribe are well known for wearing neck rings, brass coils that are placed around the neck, appearing to lengthen it. The women wearing these coils are known as “giraffe women” to tourists and Padaung (Yan Pa Doung) is a Shan term for the Kayan Lahwi. Girls first start to wear rings when they are around 5 years old. Over the years the coil is replaced by a longer one and more turns are added. The weight of the brass pushes the collar bone down and compresses the rib cage. The neck itself is not lengthened; the appearance of a stretched neck is hotsell created by the deformation of the clavicle.
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