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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Those grannulated beads are exquisite, i have never seen them....An asian flavour alerts my ethnic jewelery radar but i am otherwise failing to track the exact origin!!
Sri lankan?
Lovely beads Frankie, you are more often lucky to find such beautiful beads. Well done, no matter where they are from. Gr. Ingrid.
But they do give me indian impression.
Thanks, friends.
I must say I am pretty thrilled with the cornerless ones, though I`m finding it difficult to know whether true granulation is involved or stamped diamond shapes. The Sri Lankan smiths do seem to use properly granulated diamond plaques though ( see my previous photo ). Possibly they are a mixture.
I certainly haven`t seen such before.
A second look reminds me of those sri lankan clasps ...i mean one is clearly having a ceckerboard like pattern rather than a grannulation or stamped diamond motif.... wich i have already seen on srilankan necklace and bracelets
....which is why I mentioned my previous photo, A E ...!
Beautiful, congratulations!! The cornerless beads look like real granulation to me; look at where the granules are missing on a few beads. A lovely find.