History-Self Adornment

History Body decoration with jewellery is a timeless and ubiquitous social indicator . It summarises the wearer’s status and life history. It serves as a calling card , an instant identity ID .It also indicates a person’s tribal affiliation . The complex of signals and prompts that are encoded in personal ornamentation constitutes a kind of visual language. Magnificent though it may be in its own right,such embellishments communicates many different kinds of information of that ethnic groups -people,tribes ,clans that they have rely upon for purposes of self-identification and mutual recognition. There is nothing accidental or gratuitous about a people’s passionate desire for self-ornamentation. Ethnic groups project their identities onto the objects they design and wear be it a certain kind of jewellery or clothing . Their creative freedom is virtually unlimited, and we cannot help but marvel at their ability to turn even simple materials into ornamentation of stunning splendour that is cherished and lived over by generations. Body decoration is a ubiquitous phenomena that transcends time and space there is not one civilisation, however, limited, it’s available materials maybe, that does not practice self ornamentation. As long as our species has existed, the human body has been a focal point of adornment, and a versatile, medium, for our lounging and fantasy. No culture has failed to leave its imprint on the ways in which the human body may be altered. This is self evident ,and attests to the decisive ,indeed the vital importance of ornamentation.We take the issue with the all too common belief that self beautification is superfluous,and that objects used to achieve it are mere accessories. Quite the contrary. Adornment adornment express is the age disables of life. It underscores the stages of persons life history; eight marks such milestones as marriage, birth and death. Personal embellishment is an active participant in the great cycle of human existence. The more ornamented a body , the more it stands out both physically and symbolically.