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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Beauties! I really love These beads!
tiny mali beads are real wonders
Can you get us a beter close up for these ?
Any guess about age or provenance and original use?
Thanx
wonderfully precious, and they do fit very well with their big sisters!
I guess they do belong to the same tradition of grannulated beads found in western sahara (at large)
And they seem to bear some age
Lovely amber with copper protection as well, pretty scarce and desirable material
I was very pleased to find transluscent mauretanian baltic amber. I think it`s the rarest. I do see the opaque butterscotch beads with copper ends from time to time.
M-F. Delaroziere doesn`t seem to mention the little beads though they are of similar pattern to the lovely gilded beads which are bigger. And, looking at them closely, they do seem to have some age.
A beautiful combination Frankie. The mini Mali silver beads are marvelous indeed!