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The Brass Effigy of a Konyak Woman stands beautifully for women's strength and everyday life in the Konyak Naga tribe of Nagaland. The brass figure, depicting an aged woman standing, is an ode to how women in tribal societies became caretakers, gatherers, and keepers of tradition. The woman carries a stick on the right hand-it might help her through balance in movement, indicating that she is quite aged and wise. The left hand rests upon a basket lying on her left lap, perhaps signifying her daily tasks-after foraging, harvesting, or carrying items-as even more integral parts of various episodic occurrences in little rural tribal lives. The simplicity of the figure's postures and activities is a contrast to the heavy cultural meanings it weighs on dignity in labor and sacred elder women in the Konyak community. Though modest in definite description, the statue implicitly communicates a style—the artistic style of the tribe-rooted in realism-strength and symbolism. The material itself-brass-is indicative of durability and reverent, keeping the form and her story alive to generations.
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The Brass Effigy of a Konyak Woman stands beautifully for women's strength and everyday life in the Konyak Naga tribe of Nagaland. The brass figure, depicting an aged woman standing, is an ode to how women in tribal societies became caretakers, gatherers, and keepers of tradition. The woman carries a stick on the right hand-it might help her through balance in movement, indicating that she is quite aged and wise. The left hand rests upon a basket lying on her left lap, perhaps signifying her daily tasks-after foraging, harvesting, or carrying items-as even more integral parts of various episodic occurrences in little rural tribal lives. The simplicity of the figure's postures and activities is a contrast to the heavy cultural meanings it weighs on dignity in labor and sacred elder women in the Konyak community. Though modest in definite description, the statue implicitly communicates a style—the artistic style of the tribe-rooted in realism-strength and symbolism. The material itself-brass-is indicative of durability and reverent, keeping the form and her story alive to generations.
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