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BODY ADORNMENT BY PLACE

AFRICA NORTH OF THE SAHARA

AFRICA NORTH OF THE SAHARA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia & Western Sahara

AFRICA: SOUTH OF THE SAHARA

AFRICA: SOUTH OF THE SAHARA: from decorative hennas and intricate tribal markings to contemporary body art

ASIA: EASTERN

ASIA: EASTERN Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia,Korea, Japan, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Singapore, Thailand, Timor, Viet Nam

ASIA: CENTRAL

ASIA: CENTRAL & SOUTHERN: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

ASIA: WESTERN

ASIA: WESTERN: Armenia, Azerbijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yeman

EUROPEAN FOLK COSTUME

EUROPEAN FOLK COSTUME

MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA

MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hondurus, Nicaragua and Panama as well as the Islands of the Caribbean

OCEANIA

OCEANIA: Australia, Fiji, Malaysia/Malay Archipelago, Micronesia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Phillipines, Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu. Also includes traditional Hawaiian adornment.

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

NATIVE AMERICAN: NORTHWEST

NATIVE AMERICAN: NORTHWEST TRIBES Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Western Montana, Northern California Tribes

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