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Asian earrings

Posted by Ethnic Embellishments on June 9, 2011 at 6:02pm
Joanne, these remind me of the other earring I posted a photo of. Silver with red glass. What do you think?
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  • Johanne June 9, 2011 at 11:47pm
    Hillary, they are very cute!  I think they are Kurdish (Iran Kurds) see page 281 of the book Jewellery from the Orient (Bir Collection) Wolf- Dieter Seiwert.
  • Johanne June 16, 2011 at 12:30pm
    By accident I saw in the book Music for the eyes ,Textile of the people of Central Asia, these earrings too!  They are weared by the Iran Yomut- Turkmen.. And are called gulak khalka. Maybe they are used by more ethnical groups in Iran
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