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.
From the Konyak Naga, northeast Indian state of Nagaland: "Necklace made up of thirteen parallel rows of glass paste beads, punctuated by ten bronze bars. Bells decorate the last row. The piece, which ends in a braided figure closed by a button, are adorned with two sections of conch." "Naga: The Beauty of Dread" by Michel Draguet, general director of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
From the introduction by Pierre Loos: "The book comprises the collection of Anne-Marie Gillon Drowet and her husband Roland. In the early 1990s, they faced the inevitable feeling that all great collectors encounter: the end of magic, of the discovery, the quest.
"In 2005, Michael Draguet gave them the setting where their treasures would be deposited for posterity and our greatest pleasure."
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