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 can see a great variety here- necklace at the left with the brass mask with long chank shell beads is Naga, then a complete snake vertebrae necklace, probably east Africa, then a chinese/tibetan/buddhist prayer strand of turned beads- either pale wood or bone, then some mother of pearl buttons and some decorated shell discs, cowrie shells, and more shell buttons and beads also cut from very thick old white shell... 

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