Carved Dayak Ear Ring

Bill M · 24th April 2005, 05:13 PM

OK Ian, pictures of a Dayak ear ring. Carved from hornbill about 4 inches long.

I love the Dayak art. I am getting a new book about how the Dayak put so much importance in their art that:

"He [the author] shows how art was used as a pre-literate scholastic aptitude test to ensure intelligent Iban married other intelligent Iban to increase the likelihood that their children were intelligent and were more likely to prosper. Women also chose men on the basis of their prowess at war to ensure the household, physically, was secure. That meant heads and headhunting."

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=UTF8&v=glance

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24th April 2005, 05:13 PM	#1
Bill M Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Georgia Posts: 1,599	Carved Dayak Ear Ring OK Ian, pictures of a Dayak ear ring. Carved from hornbill about 4 inches long. I love the Dayak art. I am getting a new book about how the Dayak put so much importance in their art that: "He [the author] shows how art was used as a pre-literate scholastic aptitude test to ensure intelligent Iban married other intelligent Iban to increase the likelihood that their children were intelligent and were more likely to prosper. Women also chose men on the basis of their prowess at war to ensure the household, physically, was secure. That meant heads and headhunting." http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=UTF8&v=glance Comments? Attached Images