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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All good, but 412 is the one I'd myself go for!! A really great piece - and it looks quite early too, right?
My feeling is that only 415 and 413 are worth it especially 415, its shape is attractive and quite rare!
412 is in IMO a complete forgery, never in the moroccan iconography the horse and the dragonfly has been used and the belt itself could perhaps be middle eastern and reused with a forged belt buckle
I am sure you are right about 412, ayis - the very reason why it appealed to me is that I have never seen such an article!
I was assuming that we were looking at highly authoritiative objects, but of course if that is not the case the whole picture changes ... Makes me wonder why they are here, actually!
very well joost, i ma pretty puzzled by the sheer size of this collection wich contains in my opinion only half a dozen interesting pieces (quality and age wise), the rest is a happy mix between newer, common and low quality pieces.
The presentation is attarctive tough
I was similarly surprised, ayis, but as I know so much less than you about Moroccan jewellery and everything was numbered and there was so much, I assumed that we were shown something really important. As it turns out, what you say suggests that my assumption was quite unduly optimistic!
It is simply the collection of one man numbered to facilitate selling
Absolutely Sarah and this collector is very gifted to have assembled such a collection, a passionate guy indeed and a man wich experience would be very helpful to us all.
I really like 415 too!
I think that if the collector is truly interested in selling it is just not good enough to provide numbers: we would need to have at least SOME information to guide us, and particularly if there is no clear grouping of items. The belt is a completely different item from the others (which are much better known), and it is really rather a mystery what it is doing here unless we are told more. If ayis is right and it is not even Moroccan, then its presence is the more puzzling! I suppose one could argue that we are kept on our toes if we have to guess, but I would imagine that most of us would rather be given a fairly clear idea of what we are seeing. Having said that, I am intrigued by the belt, all the same ... But it really is up to the collector to inform us rather than that he can expect us to guess, or - alternatively - not to want to know what we are looking at.
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