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nice, I like the "beads" with the center like a Tuareg cross! The amber part (do not know yet, what is Chinese amber, I might look it up ) looks interesting with some "inner" life.
Of course you are right about the cross, Eva. But I had not noticed!
Chinese real amber is as it says - real - but there is not much of it. It is usually said to be slightly red in colour. In fact some of it is thought to be Burmese amber which has a red tinge to it.
This is definitely something synthetic, which is why I call it "amber", but, as you say, it has a liveliness to it and I`d love to know exactly what it is, too! Also it is beautifully crafted.
Sadly, there are large amounts of Chinese fake amber on the market, the majority of which I find unattractive and actually quite nasty. But this I like a lot.
These two plaques show a horse and a phoenix.
@Thanks for the information about the amber ! Nice to know. Yes, the figures crafted are quite nice, I like both the horse and the phoenix. (I googled Chinese amber and found a lot of info, but had not enogh time yet to read it - just saw too, that there is real one and fake one. Will read more when I have more time. Am on a book about African Gold at the moment.
Ah, African gold! I wish I had bought some when I lived in Ghana. On holidays the local ladies would emerge from little mud huts in wonderful array with so much gold in their hair. It was pretty pure gold, too. I am also interested in the Tout Couleurs.
Is your book just about jewellery, Eva?
@It is called: "African Gold" by Timothy F. Garrard, Prestel Edit. , has spectacular photographs from the Museum Gold of Africa in Cape Town. I was surprised to find Moorish Crosses (so far only seen in Silver) in pure Gold........and many more. There is a lot to read, especially about Ghana, of course, but also Ivory Coast, Senegal, Mali, and others.. (Yes Ghana is the classical African gold land..., of course there was famous Mansa Musa, Malian king with loads of gold....... but I think Ghana was best known for gold in Western Africa (so you lived once in Ghana - at the source. so to speak! (It is an English book bought abroad....I have never seen it here in my country). The print is very small, so it takes time to read it.. but as said, the photos are spectacular. There are some people in Mali who wear also a lot of gold. I had asked my husband whether this was real gold and he said yes. But I think this is not correct, there are many fake gold things (especially the Sonrai bridal headdresses) that are worn today, are not real gold,unless they are very old family pieces.
That`s great information, Eva! I`m going to try to buy the book. I had a young houseboy whose big eyes used to roll up into his head at the thought of Mansa Musa`s a wealth!
Anyway, I would like to learn more, about real and fake gold. thanks so much.
Looks like I`ve hijacked my own subject matter here!
I scanned it - to see the cover......... just for info.
If you really want to buy it, the ISBN No might be helpful (the book was bought in Bangkok 2 weeks ago...by someone for me). I scanned the back with the ISBN No.
I`ve just bought it!! at Amazon UK. Sadly it is without its` dustcover so I wont see those amazingly adorned ladies.
Sorry, the scan is so bad because of the shiny protection on the cover, which I do not want to take off.
But the main info should be readible.
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