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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Silver treasure!
Some more lovely Ethiopian jewellery in there...
Dear Toya, still definitely some good pieces. Especially those large Somalian/Ethiopian Muria. And of course good quality bracelets. Thank you again.
Warm gr. Ingrid.
Yes, I have also been looking at those large silver beads. They are fantastic!
Betty I do have these beads, but they are collected from between the Amber beads never seen them as a Muria. The endings therefore are new for me. The condition is also top. Gr. Ingrid.
They may also be Yemeni - I think I saw a picture (including the terminal beads) in Marjorie Ransom's book...
Betty this is an full original necklace, Look at the endings made in the same pattern as the beads, just like the way the more common Murias are being made, as the one in the book does not have the endings corresponding with the beads, so why should this not be Ethiopian??
Of course it may well be an Ethiopian piece, Ingrid. It's just sometimes hard to tell as some types of jewellery can be found also in Yemen and Somalia (as you pointed out yourself).
This reminds me that I have been intending to post a very large Ethiopian (I believe Eritrean, or more specifically, Bilen) bead that I found last year... Will try to do that this weekend.
Betty looking forward to it, you are getting me curious.!
This looks like Bob Hindler from the style !