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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I am drooling over the ring on the bottom with the "towers of granulation"..... Is it possible to see more views? They are all SO lovely though!
I think a least two of the rings are Tuareg or Peul ( Western African) I have seen both rings on the right described as such.
you are right Patti.
the small one in the back is fulani only,the one in mosque form is from Djenné, representing the famous djenné mosque, worn from all the ethnies living there. touareg,fulani,sonray.mossi...
the doppelt right one is typical old shape touareg ring. some haussa wear it too
the flaot round one is typical Hoggar touareg, we can find it in Niger from air until Agadez
some, i posted some months ago: https://ethnicjewels.ning.com/photo/img-0522?context=user
The top middle ring is from the High Atlas in Morocco, Likely Imilchil region.
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thank you Sarah. i didn ´t know that. i know them only from djenné even mopti have semilar. made mostly from the pulaar smiths
Sarah spot on it is a copy of the huge brecelets worn on the lower valleys like the "todgha" valley
love them all!!!!!
Thanks everyone for the ID info!
Hillary, here are a couple of different views of the 'tower' ring. Another dealer had a ring that put mine to shame though :) His was not for sale, unfortunately, but his ring had a mansion on it which made mine look like a tiny hut in comparison :) It was absolutely stunning!
thank you preenthi for details photo. is it possible to post a photo of the other member ring please ??
what does he say about his ring ? also south marocco or mauritania and mali ?
the ring from side tends for me to pulaar smithwork. could be that there is influence between the 2 areas, they are not far from eachother and the pollar smiths are travelers, they stop in a region make their smithwork, when all finished, they continue their way until they find a place where to stay for longer or all the live , for some or other raison ( good work conditions, nice population, and mostly is a woman in between )
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