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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Always a joy to see Ida ou Nadif pieces. For some reason they inevitably have a quality of mysticism for me.
Maybe it is the shapes: circules, squares, stars, and glass(old churches have such red, yellow..glass-at least what i know from movies) the glass is very deep and old. The glass is what i liked best!
Fayzal, somewhere previously on this site I have said they remind me of old Christian religious articles. You are right, that is the connexion. I believe the glass used is old Iranian glass. Did Morocco not make its` own glass?
I have no expertise in glass, i dont really know.
IONadif pieces have this mesmerizing appeal, at least for older stuff, in the way they use very low amount of silver (always thin sheets) but with a heavy added value in skilled techniques: namely niello, some old pieces are fabulously intricate