I am new to this site, so please forgive me if I don't quite understand how the discussions work, as well as my lack of knowledge on many of these subjects. That is why I'm here, to learn! I'm somewhat new to collecting, at least the sort
The ancient culture of Bactria along the Amu Darya river (now in Afghanistan), the Margiana culture along the Murghab river (now in Turkmenistan), the proto-Iranian culture in the deserts south of the Caspian all reveal enough strong parallels in orn
I aknowledge the fact that ethnic refers nowadays to whatever comes from the "non-white" world, i.e. the world except europe, western russia and north america.
I had the chance to read some books dealing with jewelry and adornment f
To share with you: I have spent some time updating the bibliography on ethnic jewelry as listed on my website. Here you will find the result. The bibliography is grouped into themes, and into countries or regions, so it is easier to find sp
dear fellow ethnic jewellery lovers, i would like to share an online discovery of mine. i found a free e-version of the book Jewellery: Museum of the Ethnography of the Peoples of the USSR.
I have several teardrop shaped pendants from Morocco. They both have strung beads dangling from the bottom (4). Can anyone tell me about the symbolism of this shape?
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 of the Bactria-Margiana Archeological Complex. Geographically, the more or less agreed upon boundaries of this
The ancient culture of Bactria along the Amu Darya river (now in Afghanistan), the Margiana culture along the Murghab river (now in Turkmenistan), the proto-Iranian culture in the deserts south of the Caspian all reveal enough strong parallels in orn
ciao il mio nome è francesco .. ho visto che lei abita a milano e vorrei sapere visto che abito a como dove compra il materiale per le sue creazioni.. mi piacerebbe molto conoscere qualche tecnica.. ho visto che lei è bravissima.. grazie mille aspett
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 you consider a bargain price, do not buy from a salesman or establishment that doesn’t guarantee in writing th
If I could put my contribution to this very interesting discussion, I would say that this question of western or not western ethnic jewels had occured with the Globalisation and the fact that the world became a big village since more or less 7 to 10
