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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It is indeed a Lunya Swan, but you are showing it the wrong way round: see Hannelore Gabriel's book Jewelry of Nepal, page 74, where it is correctly shown, with the moon crescent at the bottom and the peacocks in the upper half. And it is a great pity that the pin at the back (added later) is in the wrong direction in relation to the image as appropriately shown by Gabriel. Not only is it therefore hard to wear the right way round, but also difficult to photograph correctly (the way it appears in Hannelore's book), as the pin makes it impossible to keep the object in the right position. But otherwise we are happy owners of it.
This was one of those cases I didn't have time to take a good photo. THis is in fact a photo my cousin provided me with not mine. She wore it all the time in her bun but not the right way around. In any event some times I have no image of something due to how quick I sell it.. so at least there is some memory of it! And seeing it on her for years..
Am I right in thinking that you have managed to turn this around after you first posted it here? For this looks much better.