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An appreciation of ethnic jewellery and adornment

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Title: To Timbuktu and Shooting Stars

Timbuktu and Shooting Stars my first trip to Timbuktu and beyond by Eva L. Baby October 25, Bamako : My friend Iduna and I got up at 4.45 a…

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From Timbuktu to North Africa, when the Sahara was a civilization's medium

Since the first travel accounts of Morocco were made by Arab and European explorers during the Middle Ages the jewellery of North Africa ha…

Started by ayisLatest Reply

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Enough Fertility Symbols to Frighten the Bride Away from Marriage posted by Anna Garner

Enough Fertility Symbols to Frighten the Bride Away from Marriage Posted by Anna Garner on February 16, 2012 at 4:33am Send Message   Vie…

Started by SARAH CORBETT

1 Dec 9, 2012
Reply by Marianne

Harratine Berbers of Morocco

http://ethnicjewels.ning.com/forum/topics/harratine-berbers-of-morocco The above link will take you to the discussion S x

Started by SARAH CORBETT

1 Aug 1, 2012
Reply by Akkie

Title: To Timbuktu and Shooting Stars

Timbuktu and Shooting Stars my first trip to Timbuktu and beyond by Eva L. Baby October 25, Bamako : My friend Iduna and I got up at 4.45 a…

Started by Eva Baby

20 Jul 30, 2012
Reply by Lynda Murtha-Griffith

Cultural finds in Ghazni and Kabul : By A.Garner

In 1973, we did not have Wikipedia so I had to read about the Ghaznavid Empire from other sources, but we are now gifted with the internet.…

Started by SARAH CORBETT

9 Jun 23, 2012
Reply by Anna Garner

Enamelling in the Souss Valley. How to begin to determine age.

There are many aspects to consider in the processes of the enamelling.. First aspect to consider is the available materials. I shall not ma…

Started by SARAH CORBETT

3 Mar 24, 2012
Reply by Patricia Deany

Beads traded to Africa and their relation to enamelled wares in Southern Morocco

Further to the discussion on the use of glass beads in the production of enamelled wares.   The earliest known Venetian glass beads to be t…

Started by SARAH CORBETT

1 Mar 24, 2012
Reply by Eva Baby

How to buy an ancient piece of Ethnic Jewellery . by M Halter

Advice on how to buy an ancient and ethnic piece of jewellery. 1. Unless you really know this type of jewellery and are satisfied with what…

Started by SARAH CORBETT

4 Mar 17, 2012
Reply by emin abdulrahim

From Timbuktu to North Africa, when the Sahara was a civilization's medium

Since the first travel accounts of Morocco were made by Arab and European explorers during the Middle Ages the jewellery of North Africa ha…

Started by ayis

7 Mar 16, 2012
Reply by Eva Baby

A shared culture of ornamentation by Anna Garner

The ancient culture of Bactria along the Amu Darya river (now in Afghanistan), the Margiana culture along the Murghab river (now in Turkmen…

Started by SARAH CORBETT

0 Feb 10, 2012

The Signet Seals of Pre-Literate Early Bactria-Margiana

Still no actual alphabetic messages have been found on a single artifact excavated from or picked up from the surface of one of the sites o…

Started by SARAH CORBETT

0 Dec 3, 2011

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Does anyone recognise this bangle and its origins

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Small Kabyle fibulas

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