My first example of hybridity is feathers. Feathers have had many uses for thousands of years. Feather pillows have been around since 400 C.E. Then came the steel pen in the mid-nineteenth century, made from the quill of goose feathers. In certain cultures feathers contained a great sense of symbolism, and often associated with spirituality. Starting in the sixteenth century in Brazil feather bonnets were made and worn for ritual dances and religious ceremonies. Feathered spirit masks were worn by the Tapirape for their dry season ceremonies. Yanomano men would wear feathered arm bands to give them the look of having wings and they believed it would bring them closer to bird spirits. Native Americans would make bonnets out of a golden eagles
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We don’t really think about where shoes came from or how the progressed into what they are today. The need for the shoe is clear, we wear shoes to protect our feet. There are some Spanish cave drawings that date back more than 15,000 years showing humans with animal skins wrapped around their feet. When the well preserved ‘ice man’ was found 5,000 years later he was wearing leather foot coverings that were stuffed with straw. Shoes were also an indicator of class in Ancient Egypt. Slaves were only permitted to wear sandals made of palm leaves or nothing at all, while commoners were allowed to wear sandals made from papyrus, and those of a high status would wear pointed shoes, but the people of the highest status would paint their shoes red or yellow so people would know how important they were just by their feet. Then the right shoe was not even invented until 1818, which is where the term ‘two left feet’ came from. The Dutch would wear wooden shoes since there were so many marshy areas around and leather shoes would often become wet and soggy. In the 16th century the heel came about, but some women would wear shoes so tall that they had to have their servants help them walk, because of this a law was passed regulating the height of heels for safety. Today people spend so much money on shoes, some shop for comfort and functionality and others shop for fashion purposes. The most expensive pair of shoes sold for $660,000 USD that were
We don’t really think about where shoes came from or how the progressed into what they are today. The need for the shoe is clear, we wear shoes to protect our feet. There are some Spanish cave drawings that date back more than 15,000 years showing humans with animal skins wrapped around their feet. When the well preserved ‘ice man’ was found 5,000 years later he was wearing leather foot coverings that were stuffed with straw. Shoes were also an indicator of class in Ancient Egypt. Slaves were only permitted to wear sandals made of palm leaves or nothing at all, while commoners were allowed to wear sandals made from papyrus, and those of a high status would wear pointed shoes, but the people of the highest status would paint their shoes red or yellow so people would know how important they were just by their feet. Then the right shoe was not even invented until 1818, which is where the term ‘two left feet’ came from. The Dutch would wear wooden shoes since there were so many marshy areas around and leather shoes would often become wet and soggy. In the 16th century the heel came about, but some women would wear shoes so tall that they had to have their servants help them walk, because of this a law was passed regulating the height of heels for safety. Today people spend so much money on shoes, some shop for comfort and functionality and others shop for fashion purposes. The most expensive pair of shoes sold for $660,000 USD that were