Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Series
  • People
  • Depts & Colleges
  • Open Education

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Series
  • People
  • Depts & Colleges
  • Open Education

Body Arts: Henna - The Plant that Binds

Series
Pitt Rivers Museum
Video Embed
Anthropologist and filmmaker Udi Mandel Butler and Alan Mandel explore the art of Henna in Birmingham.
From techniques of application to how it is used to decorate the body and bring people together in celebration at festive occasions among Asian, North African and Arab communities in the UK.

More in this series

View Series
Pitt Rivers Museum

Body Arts: Travelling Ink

Through conversations with leading tattooists from around the world, this film explores the artistry, philosophy, meaning and history of tattooing at the site of the 2010 London Tattoo Convention.
Previous
Pitt Rivers Museum

Body Arts: The Flexible Body

The Museum's Director, Dr Mike O'Hanlon, and Professor Stanley Ulijaszek from the University's Institute of Anthropology discuss how the body can be shaped both physically and metaphorically and the idea of bodily norms.
Next

Episode Information

Series
Pitt Rivers Museum
People
Udi Mandel Butler
Alan Mandel
Keywords
anthropology
pitt rivers museum
body art. henna
Department: Pitt Rivers Museum
Date Added: 15/08/2011
Duration: 00:17:11

Subscribe

Apple Podcast Video Apple Podcast Audio Video RSS Feed

Download

Download Video

Footer

  • About
  • Accessibility
  • Contribute
  • Copyright
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Login
'Oxford Podcasts' X Account @oxfordpodcasts | Upcoming Talks in Oxford | © 2011-2025 The University of Oxford