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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.

Ersari

Posted by Kathleen McCabe-Elsey on August 5, 2011 at 11:33pm
Jewellery from the orient, Treasures from the Bir collection ( W.D Seifert) is a nearly similar piece attributed to The Ersari tribe on page 240
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  • Patricia Deany August 5, 2011 at 11:50pm
    OK, interesting -- it is kind of a hodgepodge then of Uzbek and Turkoman things -- I have heard there is a lot of modern ethnic jewelry made in India
  • Kathleen McCabe-Elsey August 6, 2011 at 1:50am
    Hi Patricia, This does not feel modern to me - Old patina and feel. The label could have been for exporting only - may not denote origin of make,.
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