Gilligan, Ian (13 December 2018). Climate, Clothing, and Agriculture in Prehistory: Linking Evidence, Causes, and Effects. Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108555883. ISBN 978-1-108-47008-7. S2CID 238146999. Europeans made interpretations of indigenous nakedness based upon their own culture and experiences, which were ambivalent regarding nudity. In classical Greek and Roman cultures nudity was normal in many situations, which were depicted in art. [3] In classical antiquity, only the Abrahamic religions viewed the body as shameful, requiring modest dress except in private spaces or when segregated by sex. In the post-classical period, public nakedness became associated not only with low status, but with moral decay based upon Christian beliefs. [4] With the rediscovery of Greek culture by the West during the Renaissance, the nude in art became idealized, but distinct from nakedness in everyday life. [5] OMG. France. This is all completely amazing. Your words and your photography. I really don’t have words that can express the humanity that you have captured. WOW.

The Nyae Nyae people of Namibia became the first conservancy in Namibia in 1998. This was a law for a new resource management structure that allowed communities to manage and benefit from wildlife and tourism. Citing from the biblical angle, it wasn’t until after the eating of the forbidden apple that the first man sort clothing for their nakedness.

Sanuma women marry young, often before puberty, although the couple would not sleep together for some years. Men are can have more than one wife. From an article in Psychology Today: "Almost all of the few polyandrous societies practice what anthropologists call fraternal polyandry, where a group of brothers share a wife. This is common in the Himalayas, where there is very little fertile land and the appearance of another son would mean dividing the land so that another son could establish himself with his own family. For the sake of saving space, they begin to create a family hostel with a common wife." Jolly, Margaret; Macintyre, Martha (24 November 1989). Family and Gender in the Pacific: Domestic Contradictions and the Colonial Impact. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-34667-2. The Nyae Nyae tribe choose to be naked by choice. Their traditional dress which is their bare skin and their people only cover certain parts of their body with loincloths. Their main occupation is farming, with their farmers armed with the traditional bow and arrows for agricultural and defence purposes. As we know from the beautiful work of Hans Silvester, among others, the Surma enjoy decorating themselves. They use colors from nature (chalk, charcoal, ochre, and red clay) and paint their face or body in quite intricate ways. They also started using flowers, fruits, leaves, and whatever else they think will improve their appearance or catch attention. Surma people also beautify themselves, in their eyes, by practicing scarification. They use a razor blade to cut the skin and an acacia thorn to create bumpy scars to form simple or elaborate designs.

There are a few tribes in the world who still practice the art of nudity either as a form of cultural preservation or as a result of still being uncivilized. Living their lives as they wish in the hills, they are almost alien to whatever form of civilization the world has adapted. Clothing to the Koma people is only for ceremonious activities. Beaglehole, Pearl (1939). "Brief Pukapukan Case History". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 48 (3): 135–143. JSTOR 20702767. Missionaries and anthropologists came to Central Australia much later than other regions, it being sparsely populated due to scarce water resources. The first Europeans arrived in the late 1870s with a second wave in the 1930s. Aboriginal peoples welcomed clothing, but use it as decorations rather than to cover their nakedness, which was disconcerting to outsiders. The 19th century missionaries pursued a policy of cultural conversion that included proper dress, but in the 20th century anthropologists were more accepting of nakedness. [52]Salazar, Noel B.; Graburn, Nelson H. H. (1 June 2014). Tourism Imaginaries: Anthropological Approaches. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-78238-368-0 . Retrieved 18 April 2023. Fallon, Kathleen M.; Moreau, Julie (1 September 2016). "Revisiting Repertoire Transition: Women's Nakedness as Potent Protests in Nigeria and Kenya". Mobilization: An International Quarterly. 21 (3): 323–340. doi: 10.17813/1086-671X-20-3-323. ISSN 1086-671X . Retrieved 24 March 2023.

In an autobiography by an Arrernte man in 1950, he does not describe his people as naked. Instead, he reports that children were taught behaviors appropriate to each gender that maintained modesty without clothing, such as sitting facing away from others. These behaviors were not known or understood by Europeans at the time. He also described the missionaries trying to prevent an Arrernte ceremony which involved the men being naked with their bodies painted with sacred markings. The missionaries refused to give them food until they had dressed. [52]Levine, Philippa (1 March 2017). "Naked Natives and Noble Savages: The Cultural Work of Nakedness in Imperial Britain". In Crosbie, Barry; Hampton, Mark (eds.). The Cultural Construction of the British World. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-78499-691-8.