A digital archive showcasing the extensive collection of jewellery and adornment images shared on the former Ethnic Jewels Ning site over the years. These images have significantly enriched discussions on cultural adornment and its global dispersion.
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I love looking at this piece. I am so happy for you to have this in your collection.
Thank you both, Lynn and Peter. I am really pleased about this find, it really is a very good and complete example ( ... and more over a very, very reasonable price for such a necklace. I never thought I would find one I could afford :))
A very lovely necklace, and wonderful that it is in such original and excellent condition.
A great catch, Betty. What are the little yellow beads? Are they amber?
I have had the chance to own one some times ago with the same unrestrung original beaded stringing and it was a phenomenal feeling to have it in my hands. Very balanced and the silver is of a very high quality. I do love them indeed better that the all silver versions.
I am happy that you could fulfill that dream of yours and wishe for you many more enjoyable finds.
Thanks a lot for your kind words, Thelma, Charlotte and Alaa.
The small yellow beads are "only" glass beads (a very common type in Ethiopia), Thelma.
As you said, Alaa, these necklaces are high-grad silver and wonderful to touch. Wearing it one feels like a princess. You can tell that this an old design which has been perfected over many generations.
I actually found a second one just shortly after this (there seems to be an unwritten rule that things you have been searching for a long time then turn up in twos or threes :)). I will post it when I get the time.
great necklace, had one like this myself years ago, enjoyed wearing it. Really beautiful .
Thank you. I remember I saw a picture of yours - also very beautiful.