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Huge kabyle anklet

Posted by Alaa eddine SAGID on June 11, 2013 at 11:00pm
The red stones are celluloids, they evenually replaced coral before bakelite was adopted
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  • Joost Daalder June 12, 2013 at 4:07am
    Very similar anklet to the pair which I have posted (readily found among my photo's here), ex Linda, and with their corals. As you say, Ayis: celluloid preceded bakelite - also in western jewellery. Today jewellery made of those materials has become very collectible in the West!
  • Alaa eddine SAGID June 12, 2013 at 6:12pm
    It is very interesting to see how jewelry adapated to variation of supply if different raw materials namely coral and how it eventually adopted newly discovered synthetically made celluloid and of course bakelite.

    I am just impressed with large jewelry and this anklet is definetaly very large
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