Unlike the Skaw, the P'wo women place more emphasis on the unmarried
girls' dress. A young Pwo girl's dress is a complexity of
fancy embroideries and ornamental jewelry. Her hair is fixed into a bun on top of her head with large silver hairpins arranged in a fan-like position and protruding outwards. A white cloth hand is placed around the forehead. She wears the long slip-over tunic which reaches the ankles but with much more embroider and tassels on her dress than the Skaw girls. The hems of the sleeves, the portions across the breasts, and the base of the tunics have heavy embroidered patiems. The most striking detail is the numerous wrist and arm bracelets worn for gala occasions. These may fill the entire length of their arms. Silver neck rings may also he worn,together with many beads which hang down in front to the waist.Although these long tunics da not cornl,lirnent their fine, lithe figures,P'wo girls can take much more pride in the distinctive elegance thatis permitted theam.
Unlike the Skaw, the P'wo women place more emphasis on the unmarried
girls' dress. A young Pwo girl's dress is a complexity of
fancy embroideries and ornamental jewelry. Her hair is fixed into a bun on top of her head with large silver hairpins arranged in a fan-like position and protruding outwards. A white cloth hand is placed around the forehead. She wears the long slip-over tunic which reaches the ankles but with much more embroider and tassels on her dress than the Skaw girls. The hems of the sleeves, the portions across the breasts, and the base of the tunics have heavy embroidered patiems. The most striking detail is the numerous wrist and arm bracelets worn for gala occasions. These may fill the entire length of their arms. Silver neck rings may also he worn,together with many beads which hang down in front to the waist.Although these long tunics da not cornl,lirnent their fine, lithe figures,P'wo girls can take much more pride in the distinctive elegance thatis permitted theam.
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