ethnic jewels - An appreciation of ethnic jewellery and adornment

ethnic jewels

An appreciation of ethnic jewellery and adornment

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BERBER JEWELLERY

Designer jewels

Berbersilver

Morocco jewel tour September 2013

Temporal of Marie terese Thalers

Large silver and niello ring

Saharwi pendant necklace

bakelite tanfouk rare large green example

large old Dar n Ouchen fibula

Caucasian Niello and silver bird ring

Finest antique branch coral

Dades pendants

A sweet Tarroudant Croix pendant

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Marrakech

Blog Posts

Ancient Beadwork website

Posted by Patricia Deany on May 18, 2013 at 16:56 4 Comments 0 Likes

Advancing our sites functionality... a project for us all

Posted by SARAH CORBETT on May 15, 2013 at 20:04 2 Comments 0 Likes

Are these Ait Oaurzguit temporals?

Posted by Patricia Deany on May 8, 2013 at 20:27 1 Comment 0 Likes

Feast for the eyes

Posted by Patricia Deany on May 2, 2013 at 10:00 2 Comments 1 Like

"Kanuita" Jewel containing a magic roll, Ethiopian Coptic.....

Posted by Imbert de Dion on April 21, 2013 at 15:31 39 Comments 0 Likes

Upcoming book on Yemeni jewellery

Posted by Preethi on April 14, 2013 at 19:07 1 Comment 1 Like

Islamic star

Posted by Patricia Deany on March 30, 2013 at 12:38 17 Comments 1 Like

site maintainance

Posted by SARAH CORBETT on March 21, 2013 at 20:34 0 Comments 0 Likes

Met Museum Turkoman Collection

Posted by Patricia Deany on March 17, 2013 at 13:39 1 Comment 0 Likes

Ancient Pyu Bead with gold repair-59mm long

Posted by Elizabeth Pelzner on January 9, 2013 at 15:36 0 Comments 0 Likes

Anybody a Pre-Columbian Amber expert out there?

Posted by Jonathan Saturen on January 2, 2013 at 0:02 3 Comments 1 Like

Omani Women

Posted by Patricia Deany on December 31, 2012 at 15:03 5 Comments 2 Likes

Help!!

Posted by Anna Singer on December 20, 2012 at 21:06 5 Comments 0 Likes

Turkoman jewelry

Posted by Patricia Deany on December 12, 2012 at 12:59 2 Comments 0 Likes

Library of Congress Turkestan Album prints.

Posted by Patricia Deany on December 6, 2012 at 15:00 9 Comments 3 Likes

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Tribal Heritage commented on bianca maggi's photo

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"Very interesting piece. Ver Simple but far deeper in its purpose. "

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Tribal Heritage commented on bianca maggi's photo

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"Akkie i am sure you know that the lapis is added later on to this lovely bracelet."

4 minutes ago

Tribal Heritage replied to Tribal Heritage's discussion Inexpensive Easiest Way to cleaning tarnished Silver jewelry..

"Thank you Jamey for posting the method of cleaning brass,copper and bronze as the method i posted is SILVER SPECIFIC. BTW i know the difference you have told me but i often make typographical mistakes like that. Sometimes i write sun when…"

6 minutes ago

howah commented on Peter Hoesli's photo

Belt Buckle - Ottoman-Albania

"the niellowork gives the buckle extra appeal.."

21 minutes ago

howah commented on Peter Hoesli's photo

Large Pectoral Jeweled Orthodox Cross - Russia

"Stunner! "

23 minutes ago

ait ouakli commented on Younes Lahjomri's photo

Ethnic Tuareg African Necklace

"the original and authentic ones are called khomeissa ( khamssa ). normaly made with old shell or ostriche eggs. jewelry only for women. the one you have is a vintage mix between modern design and ethnic sample. there is some fabrics in niamey,agadez…"

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Akkie commented on bianca maggi's photo

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"Very beautiful necklace!"

33 minutes ago

Akkie commented on bianca maggi's photo

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"Lovely"

36 minutes ago

Akkie commented on Thelma's photo

Yemeni necklace

"Wonderful necklace, mostly the Bawsani beads!"

37 minutes ago

Akkie commented on Linda Pastorino's photo

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"Yes sure it is a beautiful piece of jewelry, but the informatiom there makes it even more interesting! Thanks for posting."

42 minutes ago

Younes Lahjomri posted photos

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bianca maggi commented on bianca maggi's photo

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"collana in osso e conchiglia. L'ho acquistata anni fa a Parigi, mi è stata data per Naga, ma non sono convinta perché non ho mai trovato documentazione che lo confermasse. Qualcuno mi può aiutare ad avere notizie sicure su…"

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bianca maggi commented on bianca maggi's photo

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"INDIA, Arunachal Pradesh "

1 hour ago

Eva Baby commented on Linda Pastorino's photo

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"@Thank you Patti, it was difficult to find! But me too, I wanted to know how it looks when worn."

1 hour ago

A photo by Peter Hoesli was featured

Necklace - Palestine

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Patricia Deany commented on bianca maggi's photo

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"Appears complete -- I have only seen the central part with the bobbles and coins, not the chains or leather at the bottom."

1 hour ago

2 photos by bianca maggi were featured

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Patricia Deany commented on bianca maggi's photo

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"I have one of these and I must say that Naga necks must be very, very small because I could not even begin to wear this. Perhaps it is worn on a different part of the body? i don't know."

1 hour ago

Patricia Deany commented on Linda Pastorino's photo

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"Eva, thanks so much for your research here, I looked all over yesterday trying to find a pic of someone wearing this type of ornament. Your input is valuable."

1 hour ago

Patricia Deany commented on bianca maggi's photo