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.

MOROCCAN - BERBER (COFFER) RING

This is a ring I acquires a friend in northern Morocco. he told me that the women wore this ring to preserve her husband (!). It is a ring coffer to deposit something, silver and decorated with a stone that seems amber. In the back, there written several symbols. The drawings of the squares I've seen them while still a child and the place was an office of a healer. Never seen a similar ring. there moro photos i will add now after.
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