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.

coral and enamel hair tube

coral wrapped around tube with enameling to be used on back of hair to pass braid through. Daghur tribe Solonchi Mongolia. late 19th c
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  • A very imposing, important, and lovely Mongolian piece. The Daghur tribe was absorbed, acc. to Wikipedia,  by the Buryats, the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and ... the major northernmost subgroup of the Mongols. A truly important collector's item.

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