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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Very special, they must be light because they look hollow. Lucky find!
Thank you very much, Harald. Actually they are solid and quite heavy. I am sorry as the picture does not reflect their true size. They seem much larger than they really are.
Nice, are they a matching pair (on the photo one seems bigger, but perhaps that is the angle of the photo taken). They look like very nice silver!
nice pieces. ooooh yes, they are heavy. this kind are from mali : mopti,djenné,bamako until north burkina faso.
the mossis wear them too
Thank you all. Yes, Eva, they match. You are right it is the angle that gives the impression that they differ in size.
Very substantial looking and tactile.......Yes great find.
I have seen similar with a carnelian bead placed between the two thin portions worn as earrings with the thickest portion through the lobe/ ear cartilage. These look *very* thick though.
I like the tactile, voluptuous shape and feel of these very much.