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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I second Peter and thank you for this very exhaustiv reports live from local museums.
I always make it on of my first stops to visit local museums when travelling, especially the ethnographic ones.
In Turkey i have had the chance, to visit those of Trabzon, Erzurum, Van, Gaziantep and i think Sanli urfa (i cant remember well) and i heard many great reports about the Ankara based one.
Could you recommend the most interesting ones or at least those with the richest exhibition.
Thanx again
To Alaa eddine and all who are eventually interested:
In my personal experience (which ended in 2005 – so, I can’t speak for all the recent developments in Turkish museums since) and confining myself to ‘clothing and traditional jewelry’, this is my ‘picking order’:
1) Izmir Ethnographical Museum -
Istanbul (Büyükdere): Sadberg Hanım Müzesi (Archeology & Ethnography) -
Ankara Ethnographical Museum.
2) Antalya Museum (Archeology & Ethnography) -
Izmir Ege Üniversitesi Etnografya Müzesi -
Konya Ethnographical Museum.
3) Istanbul Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi (Middle Ages & Ethnography) -
Edirne Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi (mainly Ethnography) -
Kars Müzesi (Archeology & Ethnography).
Bursa: Uluumay Osmanlı Halk Kıyafetleri ve Takıları Müzesi (traditional dresses & jewelry)
The ‘Antalya Museum’, and the ‘Istanbul Türk ve Islam’ are very large. If the main goal of your visit is ‘costumes & jewelry’, it is wise to start at the museum’s last sections (where these items can be found). Otherwise you could find yourself exhausted by all the other marvels exhibited, when you finally reach the section that you originally aimed at…
Kind regards to all, JM.
Fantastic jewel and thank you for the museum references! Are there any books you recommend on Turkish folk jewelry?
Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing these pictures.
to Lynn: As you can presume, I have quite some books about Anatolian costumes, embroidery, kilims, rugs, oya (Turkish lace), stockings,.. but none about jewelry. This seems to be a neglected subject matter. I only have some references in extended Museum catalogues, but they never make more than 5 % of the content... I never encountered such work on the internet either. Alas (3x).
With kind regards, JM.