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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Does anyone knows where this bracelet comes from? Some guesses; Turkey, Caucasus, Armenia, Kurdistan or maybe North-Africa?
It’s an old, used bracelet. No hallmarks.
What a beautiful bracelet, Johanne! I'd go with Turkey.
Smashing...sorry cant help. A treasure.
Thanks Preethi and Chantal for your nice comments, I bought this bracelet recently online. It tested for good silver. I wear the bracelet sometimes..Turkey came first in my thought. The fastener-part reminds me to fasteners you also see in Ottoman collars (necklaces)
I like the Tibetan hair rings you bought on the Amsterdam ethnic jewellery fair Preethi!, I 've been to the fair twice, but last year I had to work . ,maybe this year I can visit the fair..
Am sure you are right but the trouble with"Ottoman" is that it covers most of th eMiddle East and North Africa and parts of Europe! The closure is certainly Turkoman more than N-A... Still a beauty and a good find.
What did the seller say?
The seller said "Indian". But I don't think so..
UMMMMMM!.........
I'm thinking Levantine Ottoman.
A beautiful piece!!! It certainly shares elements with jewelry from all the places people have suggested, but I wonder if it is one of those cross-cultural pieces? It reminds me of some bracelets I have seen recently for sale marked "Italy" or "Cini" (an Italian designer who worked in the US in the mid-20th century). Here is the link for one of the pieces I have seen. See what you think...
http://www.rubylane.com/item/546129-F-626/Dramatic-Cini-Etruscan-St...
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