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As we know India is a rich land of culture, traditions. Unity in diversity is the uniqueness of India. As many tribes live in many part of india and they have their own culture, tradition and trends. These tribes influenced on the jewellery trends widely and they have a lot of impact on fashion arena through their Jewellery (Tribal Jewellery). Now a days tribal jewelleries are not limited to tribal artists only.
Lots of big fashion jewellery making companies are making them, as these products are demand of the day on fashion floor and have been widely considered by fashion model as well as people in their day to day life too. But after lots of transformation also then authenticity of tribal jewellery is kept intact.
Jewelleries of different kind need different type of raw material and tools to make them flawless. But the tools and raw material used in tribal jewellery is a bit different from other jewelleries. Brass sheet, marker, cutter, chisel, hammer, metal ruler, half round file, nitric acid, wire brush, divider, brass wire, anvil, soap nut are some generally used tool for tribal jewellery.
Other commonly used materials include glass, such as fused-glass or enamel, wood, often carved or turned, shells and other natural animal substances such as bone and ivory, natural clay, polymer clay, Hemp and other twines have been used as well to create jewellery that has more of a natural feel. Beads are frequently used in jewellery. These may be made of glass, gemstones, metal, wood, shells, clay and polymer clay. Beaded jewellery commonly encompasses necklaces, bracelets, earrings, belts and rings. Beads may be large or small; the smallest type of beads used are known as seed beads, these are the beads used for the "woven" style of beaded jewellery. Seed beads are also used in an embroidery technique where they are sewn onto fabric backings to create broad collar neck pieces and beaded bracelets. Bead embroidery, a popular type of handwork during the Victorian era, is enjoying a renaissance in modern jewellery making. Beading, or beadwork, is also very popular in many African and indigenous North American cultures.
Tribal jewellery can be altered to suit anyone’s taste because it’s all based upon the colours and materials used to create the pieces. Now a days quick customization are being made, according to customer need, so that will suit their taste. It may be adding a vintage bead or a colorful band even.
We consider tribal jewellery as a fashion element but for tribe people that means other values like: about the wearer’s status in the group, his wealth and possessions, spiritual beliefs and even functional habits. We can see even on Mahabharat and Ramayana also, they have elaborated descriptions of ornaments and the mystical powers they possess. Even we can find in history that many kings and royal people of ancient India hired ingenious craftsmen to craft exquisite piece of jewellery. We can even get to see the evidence of tribal jewellery in early Indus valley civilization like Mohenjo-Daro.
Tribal jewelry integrates humble natural materials like leaves, berries, feathers, leather, claws, flowers, and much more into majestic pieces of art that are wearable. Demographics of the region, availability of resources and proposed functionality are some of the factors that make tribal jewelry of one group differ from the other. Besides, even extreme poverty and lack of precious metals have not deterred the tribal crafters from creating glorious ornaments. In fact, it has been observed that tribes of certain region may be scantily clothed, but they still adorn ample amount of jewelry on their bodies.
Tribes of Bastar, Madhya Pradesh prefer to adorn traditional ornaments made out of copper, glass, silver, wood, peacock feathers and even wild flowers. Silver ware of Banjara tribes, Rajasthan is quite popular in all over the world. Tribes from Arunachal Pradesh use naturally available resources like seeds, beetles, feathers, bamboo and cane to decorate their jewels.
Kaan (traditional earrings), chik (gold choker), Bengali Sinthi (worn on forehead) and Dokra are some famous crafts of West Bengal craft makers. Halba tribes from Maharastra use gold silver and brass to make beautiful earrings and nose pieces.
Since Fashion industires are more onto tribal craft but the authenticity of tribal craft by an tribal artist is still untouched.
