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Gorgeous beads, Ingrid. I love the arrangement of them as well.
Once again thank you Lynn. As I am not very artistic but more in the wearable style this is a in between.
Warm greetings Iingrid.
Nice to see some fine beads from the African horn
Hallo Alaa, thank you for your comment. The upper chain are beads from Ethiopia and were worn by the Adarre people of the town Harrar, the nobility. The were long necklaces running from the beads the size displayed until a large size all egg shaped. On the bottom they would hold a beautiful silk black tassle. The chain would reach until almost their knees. I had a number of them in my collection, but unfortunately all sold (for a small amount.)
The second chain are worn by the country side people (Harrarque and the Ogadin)/into Somalia. They could have medium chains of these size but also enormous large pieces with the large Somalian/Ethiopian large silver beads more sober decorated than the Yemini.
But good to hear that other regions also had them in their ethnigraphic wear.. First time to hear that Egypt also had them. I will try to find some photos of some I had in my collection. Gr. Ingrid.
I meant that egypt was one of the main manufacturers of those amber beads....i remember having red years ago about the industry of amber carving in Cairo which was a big affair....obviously they were exported to the whole subregion buti think they were also used locally...matter of fact one can still find some of these processed beads in sinai and neguev deserts bedouin hanging on chains from each sides.
Too bad you let them go...i feel that amber from the african horn os one of the rarest to come by !
Interesting to hear this Alaa. It could very well be traded in from Egypt, although Egypt and Ethiopia didn.t have much trade. I do know though they do and did carve resin beads from the trees which grow on cliff sides. The amber it self is the Russian amber. You know Alaa I needed the funds and that is always the case items are sold far under the price because the need is high. Good info you wrote I will see if more history is to be found. You know amber was not sold in Addis Ababa, it came from Harrar and Somalia. They didn.t know what real amber was, it was mostly resin and antique red resin, the red also so beautiful. I love those as well, was a vivid collector of it. Gr. Ingrid.
Alaa, I also have a suspicion why amber of the horn is rare, becasuse they didn.t really take care of it. They were often worn without the protective pieces of leather in between and therefore very worn to thin ends on one side because of the the rubbing, as amber is really soft, different from the resin bead. And so many are broken or completely worn.
The larger ones did have leather pieces.
wonderful! I particularly like the lower part with the beautiful amber as it is worn in Mali. Beautiful Arrangement!
Thank you Eva, I have seen the Malian women wear large pieces in their hair. Very elegant. GR. Ingrid.
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