Joost Daalder's Page

I think you do a very good job of making the facebook page both organized and appealing, Joost.  Thank you again for your very kind comments.

Joost, thank you!  That is very kind indeed.  Wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year. 

Anna

PS.  You have some stunning pieces. 

Thanks Joost, I would love to be your friend, as an Aussie comrade.

I think you have been getting a much warmer summer than we - its been really cool here, I may as well have been in UK (but no thanks).

We are few in numbers in Aus in ethnic jewels, I wonder why?

I have to admit I have learnt so much from you all at ethnic jewels, its been a revelation to me, as really my knowledge is more about African beads, and especially the older beads.

We are off to Africa (where we lived for 10 years) and I am going bead hunting again.  There are some W.African men in Nairobi who set up in a cheap hotel and every single room (about 10) has beads/textiles/beaded items/leather/masks, and it is from them that I have acquired my knowledge and beads.  They sleep in their own rooms surrounded by their beads, and so one sits on the bed to do business!  Nice men, and I suppose only interested in what they can sell to the white woman.  I will post pictures on my return.

We live on the land and have Angus cattle, are you in the city?  Its years since I was there.  Peter used to work in Broken Hill (as the roads engineer with the DMR) and he used to travel to Adelaide on weekends.   Nice city.

Bye for now,

Ann

Hi Joost,

Thanks for the comments on the Kuchi necklace. I now have a copy of Truus' excellent book! So much to explore. I had some difficulty in finding it. By the time I had collected the Amazon tokens from Christmas, Amazon itself had run out of copies. So I then ordered it from another book seller only to find, some time later, that they too had run out. By then Amazon, had sent a message to say that it was expecting further copies in a few weeks time. So I hung on. Please do tell Truus (and your son) that it was well worth the wait.

Thank you very much, Joost! The honour is totally mine!

Maria

Hi Joost,

You have obviously read my review of your wife's book on amazon.com.  I loved her book, but registered the same criticism about the bibliography on her book as I did for "Jewellery from the Orient - Treasures from the Bir Collection" by Wolf-Dieter Seiwert.  When one can utilize "Oman Adorned- A Portrait in Silver" by Dr. Miranda Morris and Pauline Shelton, "The Disappearing Treasures of

Oman", by Avelyn Forster,  and "Omani Silver" and "Silver, the Traditional Art of Oman", both by Ruth Hawley, it is a shame to reference only  the Rajab book.

Hi Joost,

You asked about Kunuz. It is slightly academic, but very readable. I would have liked more photos, but that said the information is very good. I will try to get a copy at some point. Why don't you see if a library near you can borrow a copy from another library? I did this and it was sent all the way from British Columbia for $20.00.

Becky