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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Wonderful. The warm background suggests Africa (sand dunes, mud houses, sunshine etc....). Perfect.
@Chantal: thank you very much! A nice comparison about the colours! One can also compare here the different sizes better by the direct view.
An impressive collection Eva. Quite a job to get them all in one picture. Like Chantal I do like the burned orange background.
Thank you Ingrid. to be sure that I have them all together, I usually have to Count them....... Now they are all back, packed in Cotton wool and soft papers, except the ones I wear occasionally. I just grew into it, it was not intended at first to collect Ethiopian hairpins........! (But there are many things I do not have.......... like Murias, Jimma silver beads, Rashaida cuffs, etc.etc.etc. the list is Long........). But thanks to this place, I can enjoy looking at all the wonderful Pictures.
Overwhelming, Eva! Thanks very much!!! What a stunning collection.
Yesterday I went briefly through my collection of pics showing Ethiopian ladies wearing traditional jewellery. Alas I found very few wearing hairpins, but discovered that there are indeed modern versions which are still worn today. Please check out this link showing some modern eritrean hairpins and other adornment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwAIT6tNpMg
@Betty -thanks a lot. I just looked at your link, it is overwhelming! I recognized various old hairpins that I have or have seen as traditional old Piece, now in their modern Version, they look stunning! And I believe some are headdresses (chains with the round Pendants) as worn in Tigray (and obviously Eritrea). Of course I like also the southern Ethiopian ethnies, but my heart goes with Tigrean and Eritrean pieces! There is no doubt about that! I will look for a photo of Tigrean ladies wearing this headdress and add it here.
Funny, Eva, I also meant to post a picture of the small hair ornaments that used to be braided into the hair. I have never actually seen them for sale.
I am also posting an old (?) picture with a lady wearing a hairpin like one of yours, and another one with an Eritrean or Tigrayan lady wearing an array of lovely jewellery and some of the afore-mentionned small hair ornaments:
For more examples of modern style jewellery see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIHc3k_5seA
@ Eva: the modern hair ornaments should be easy to come by (almost all Eritrean ladies I know own a set), but not cheap as they are usually made of gold.
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