Nguangua’ “Beautiful”

Description

Hand-Crafted in Taiwan

Handmade royal blue ribbon with thick chain and glass bead white cotton wrap wooden hoop earrings. “Nguangua'” means Beautiful in Payuan, one of the Formosan languages spoken by the Paiwan Indigenous people from the island of Taiwan.

Glass beads are divine objects and a status symbol for Paiwan tribe. A white bead with yellow, blue, and red wave is known as Mulimulitan, the Daylight Bead. It is the most valuable and beautiful bead of all, representing respect, nobility, and life itself. During a chief’s wedding ceremony, he will gift this bead to his bride, symbolizing the highest noble status.

ARTIST

Known as “Ljavaus Handmade”, the artist took her ethnic indigenous surname as part of her brand name. With every individual comes a different perspective of beauty. Lajavaus’s brand represents “hope”, an unspoken message that aims to “inspire everyone to have the courage to try experience the different beautiful things in the world, and through this brave act of exploring the perspectives of beauty, one may hopefully discover one’s own confidence in the process”.

Ljavaus’s diverse creations include earrings, purses, bags, guitar bands, and hairpieces. She often applies the color, green, yellow, orange, and dangling silver pieces like chains and bells in her work to represent the colorful but rustic style common in the Paiwan tribe’s traditional cultural costumes. Ljavaus represents the indigenous Paiwan tribe living in Pingtung, southeast of Taiwan.

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MATERIALS

Silver pieces / pine wood hoop / white yarn / aluminum chain / organza blue ribbon / white glass beads with red, yellow, blue waves called “Mulimulitan” (Daylight) / 925 silver ear hook

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