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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.

Caucasian women's belts. Kars province / Turkey. Kars Provincial Museum.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on March 18, 2016 at 3:19am

Caucasian women's belts. From the Kars province, late-Ottoman era, 19th & early 20th century. The ethnic origins are not given (Armenian, Georgian, Circassian, Azeri, etc.), neither for the silversmiths, nor for the former owners. High grade silver, engraved & niello decoration. On exhibit in the Kars Provincial Museum. (both pictures: © Dick Osseman).

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