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.

Triangular 'muskalık' (amulet-holder). From Anatolia, possibly from the Black Sea coastal region, 1900-1950. Silver and glass paste. The box is 53 mm in height. It came to the museum as part of a man's costume from Trabzon (gift of the Turkish Ministery of Culture, in 1983). (Etnografisch Museum, Antwerpen).
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