Gabrielle Lim Mei Joo

Brass-ring Beauty

DIMENSIONS SIZE
70 x 50 cm

MEDIUM
Acrylic on canvas

YEAR
2014

Summary

It is a dying tradition to wear the “ruyang” on the forearms and “rasung” on the calves among Bidayuh Biatah women of Kampung Semban, the only village in Sarawak where the ring ladies are found.

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