Ljudje so se krasili, odkar so se začeli zavedati svojega obstoja. Pri tem so uporabljali različne materiale, med drugim rože, liste, kamen, les, kovine ter drage in poldrage kamne. Med delom v depoju Slovenskega etnografskega muzeja sem naletela na čudovito ohranjen nakit iz Indije, ob katerem sem pričela razmišljati o tistih časih, ko so moški v Indiji nosili prav toliko nakita kot ženske. Mislim, da tradicionalni nakit moškim zelo pristoji.

People have adorned themselves ever since the species became aware of itself. A diverse range of materials have been used, beginning from flowers, leaves, stones, wood, metal, precious and semi precious among other things. While working in the storage room of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum in Ljubljana, I came accross beautiffuly preserved jewellery pieces from India. They made me think about the ancient times in India when men wore as much jewellery as women. I think traditional jewellery looks beautiful on men.

Umetnostna zgodovinarka Kanika Gupta v sklopu rezidence kot del projekta Taking Care. Etnografski in muzeji svetovnih kultur kot prostori skrbi v SEM raziskuje starodavno indijsko umetnost in mitologijo skozi zbirko Slovenskega etnografskega muzeja. Z vami delimo misli iz dnevnika Kanike Gupta.

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