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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Many thanks for your kind comments. I agree with you, these earrings are really beautifully worn. It took me ages to single this matching pair out of the pile of earrings - all similar but then not matching... With kind regards. Peter
Dear Peter, I wonder if those earrings were worn a s a single by men. I do have a set of Eritrea also not completely matching. And I was told by older men of Eritrea that they remembered from their youth that some fancy men were wearing it but a single earring. Gr. Ingrid.
Dear Ingrid,
Many thanks for your message. This is an interesting thought. However, I have never seen a photo of a Saudi man, wearing an earring. They are real "machos" here and also due to religion, they are not wearing any gold jewelry - silver (or maybe white gold) rings with all kinds of stones are however, popular. Your Eritrean earrings are very beautiful - amazing how the patterns have traveled...
With kind regards.
Peter
Dear Peter, Even in Ethiopia and Eritrea men are not to be see with jewelry. perhaps like you said a wedding ring and perhaps a coptic cross or a protective amulet. But I am here talking about some odd 70-80 yrs. ago. Gr. Ingrid.