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Oh my! How do I begin to tell all that I like about this necklace! It is so unusual and yet a perfect combination. The center boghdad looks like it used to have a piece of dark wood under the silver. Is that so? The Mauritanian beads are perfect in this combination. Well done!
Dyed ivory bangle inlaid with silver.
this necklace is fantastic!!!! What wonderful items it is made of!!! Absolutely gorgeous!!! This is the thing that causes in me "oohs" and "aahhs"!. The boghdads are also splendid!!!! Where is the bangle from? It Looks Mauritanian style, but I have never seen ivory in Mauritania.
I spot a Chinese bead! It is just under the ivory bracelet nestled between the small boghdad cross and an aghrab bead.
I love the deep colour of this necklace, especially the nut-brown coral.
I know the type of cross you are referring to, this however is a sweet delicate one, which never had the wooden layer.
A rightfully popular design Ann well created. S x
Hillary the dyed brown coral is Chinese I have no doubt, is that the one you eye-spyed? Or I finished off the necklace with some small black horn beads. I just found as Preethi said the deep dark brown nut colour goes so well with old silver. Also when designing I like to repeat shapes or texture/designs, and in this necklace I have repeated the design of the dots in the shells with the silver granulation. The design on the left silver boghdad and of course the best of all the Agrab al Fadda silver beads and the silver dots in the bangle. Our eyes dance from one to the other and one doesn't always realise what makes a necklace or anything for that matter,so attractive to the beholder. An art teacher told me once that our eyes/brain are forever measuring and matching up straight lines.
The old bangle was bought in Taroudant and Sarah might be able to enlighten us on which country it might be from?
I don't even know if elephants were in Morocco once, all depending on the grasses and trees.
Thanks everyone, much appreciated. Thanks to Faouzi.
both Songye ( Zaire) and Hausa ( Nigeria) wear versions of these metal studded ivory bracelets.
some studded with lead some with silver.
they are not Moroccan I don't think there is a style of Moroccan jewellery which traditionally uses ivory......
Hey Ann, those thoughtful moments which lingered while you shopped are brought to fruition here, I like the thread which ran through several places of gathering piece by piece with the bracelet as a part of the concept, and that culminates here in this fab ensemble.
It is a great creative process to have witnessed.
In the perfume industry there is something called the 'boof' this is the key element which holds the high notes and base notes of a fragrance together...( often ambergris) in this tableau i feel that the use of the bracelet fulfils this role, and strengthens the cohesive aspect of this selection......
Glad I was able to drop the last aggrab into place for this one!
s x
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