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This is the best I could do trying to make this lovely necklace come out, but it is too long for me to show it to its best. Anyway, it is strung on very thin waxed thread (or gut(?)) dreid up- so very breakable. See the remaining pictures for details. This is a necklace worn by Arsi Negelle (Oromo Ethinic group) women. Shown of the picture of the Jill Last's book.
This is similar but different to a necklace I sold recently that was beaded from Ethiopia but from a group i was not familiar with.
This was taken back wards, there was some beading on the leather in the front i think.
I guess i never took a good photo and now it's gone. I had this for years and years no one liked it. I thought it was very interesting. I'm not known to sell allot of bead jewelry so I don't get many takers except to specific collectors of such..
It is a style I am also not familiar with, but the beading system very much as it is done over there with the leather separators. Do not forget, that the women do this themselves and I am sure also try to be original, different from their friends. But I can see it worn on their leather dresses.
Very lovely, Ingrid. Do you know why they always use buttons in this style of necklace? Or have the buttons perhaps replaced earlier elements of decoration such as the brass shields?
I'd venture to say that the necklace in Linda's photos is also an Oromo piece - probably Sidamo. I've often seen similar ones, but don't know much about them.