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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.

Fragment of a pendent. Greek Anatolian folk art, Kayseri / Turkey. Kayseri Museum of Archeology.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on March 4, 2016 at 12:47am

Fragment of a pendent. Mother-of-pearl. With several religious scenes drawn in graffiti technique (a 'Crucifixion', the 'emperor Constantine and his mother St Helena presenting the Holy Cross', and 'Jezus, the sacred fountain of life’). Greek-Orthodox, 'Rum'(Anatolian Greek) folk art from the Kayseri area, probably late-Ottoman era (18th or 19th century). On exhibit in the Kayseri Museum of Archaeology. (© Dick Osseman).

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