The Status Symbolism of the Sayan-Altai Turkic Peoples’ Traditional Female Adornments
M.V. Moskvina
Keywords: traditional women’s adornment, Sayan-Altai, age and gender symbolism
Abstract
The paper is devoted to designation problem of status symbolism in the traditional set of female adornment. Based on the materials of the Turkic peoples of the Sayan-Altai the author creates a marking scheme of a woman’s age and gender status through various combinations of adornments; shows their role in the process of woman’s transition from one age group into another, as well as in the situation of changing family status. Status symbolism of adornments has remained in the Turkic cultures of the Sayan-Altai region up to the present time.
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