Joost Daalder's Blog – November 2011 Archive (2)

To anyone interested in the BOOK *Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment* by Truus Daalder: we now have less than 100 copies left which we ourselves can sell. If you live in Australia we are your best bet. If you want 3 copies or more, we can deliver more cheaply than others, anywhere in the world. If you are outside Australia and want ONE copy, we think Amazon (supplied by our co-publisher Macmillan) is usually the cheapest supplier (only $150 incl…

My wife Truus Daalder's book *Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment* makes, it is widely agreed, an excellent Christmas present. The book has - without exaggeration - been hugely acclaimed as path-breaking, not only because of the great many excellent pieces shown in one large volume (420 pages, including more than 700 large photos), but also because it is the only profusely illustrated wide-ranging book on ethnic jewellery that offers extensive comments on the cultures from which the pieces come,…