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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Just beautiful, Amir could you show us the back side of the ring as I think it looks very different, it has no normal ring band? Thanks alot Marie.
Yes Marie-ange,i can post the back side pic..just gimme a sec.
Thanks Amir no rush!
All lovely but I too find the ring the most interesting. It makes me think that when flat it could form part of a bracelet along with other similar ones. One I recently posted has two linking parts at the side of each oval shape. I could easily believe that a similar section has been adapted to form a ring. It does need its` closing pin, though.
Think you are right Frankie, this was not a ring to begin with but is turned into one later allthough I wonder how the made it curved and not damage the enamel. It is for large fingers while the bracelets are for small hands.
I wondered about how and when the enamel was put on, too. Maybe after it was made into a curved shape.
If it first was part of a bracelet or necklace it was enamelled before it became a ring.
Yes but if the part was utised before it was incorporated in a bracelet I`m thinking that maybe it could be made curved then enamelled. It would be useful to have parts with a dual function.