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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
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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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"Joost I hope Linda sees it like that too..... it was perhaps not a happy choice as it was from Ebay.
Here is the lady wearing it"
Joost Daalder commented on Linda Pastorino's photohair stick close down
"Avery useful photo, Eva. Personally I think it would be good to have your earlier photo as well, simply as another example of a hairpin like Linda's. Truly, there is no controversy about these pieces at all!!"
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"Meanwhile I found two (very bad) pictures of how it is worn under a local "club" of old costumes. It was around 1850, in later years, the pin was not worn anymore. It was worn with a little piece of red cloth or knitted part (cannot tell…"
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"Joost, no problem. In order to avoid problems, I have removed my links and comments as it seemed to lead to controversy only, and this was not my intention. I wanted to enrich the discussion. I have never looked on Ebay for such an item, I was…"
Joost Daalder commented on Linda Pastorino's photohair stick close down
"Eva, - I am sure I am speaking on Linda's behalf (unless she corrects me!) as well as my own if I say that neither of us would have been under any impression that you were trying to put down Linda's price or piece! Not at all - you were…"
Ahmad Hussein commented on Peter Hoesli's photo
Necklace - Palestine
"Dear hillary wow ilove them fromwhere you bought them do like to sell them if it possible i love to have them thanks"
carry zaghow-offers posted a discussionGood how to display the bangles etc
Hello,everyone, I would ,love to hear some suggestion on how the best waydisplay my silver, the last year i have it in a cabinet, what helps becauseit does not need so much polishing because of humidity!!But then I have a rather big collection of brass bracelets and anklets, and I reallydo not know how to display them!!Any suggestion are very welcome!!Regards CarrySee More
Joost Daalder replied to Tribal Heritage's discussion Inexpensive Easiest Way to cleaning tarnished Silver jewelry.."Sorry: I wrote a note about silver and brass cleaning further below, not having seen Waqar's. It confirms what he says, and also adds a number of other things. By the way, I think this is about the third time I have written this stuff, but of…"
Joost Daalder replied to Tribal Heritage's discussion Inexpensive Easiest Way to cleaning tarnished Silver jewelry.."I missed out what Waqar wrote above about the aluminium and washing/baking soda treatment. Sorry for the repetition. Anyway, we are in hearty agreement. This method is about the only one that I fairly often use for heavily tarnished silver; if the…"
Joost Daalder replied to Tribal Heritage's discussion Inexpensive Easiest Way to cleaning tarnished Silver jewelry.."I found myself using salt (as an abrasive) and lemon - or vinegar (another acid, after all) - on heavily tarnished brass and copper in the mid 60s, when we were young, and bought such things as old jam-pans (some of which we kept but many of which…"
Joann Tilton commented on Kathleen McCabe-Elsey's photo
Rajistani necklace
"Can you please explain the little pendants? I really like the twine beads. sophisticated and very primitive in a caring and meticulous way.
Thank you. Joann
Joann
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Joann Tilton commented on Ahmad Hussein's photo
Palestine necklace
"Dear Ahmad, I am interested, but need to know the particulars. Do you have the necklace posted on a merchants' website? how do we discuss this? thanks, Joann"
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