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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nice TIV's
what is a TIV? (my mother tongue is not English, sorry)
Hi Eva. I only learned this myself recently. From the Encyclopedia Brianica:" People living on both sides of the Benue River in Nigeria; they speak a language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family."
Wow, thank you. I thought it was an Abbreviation of some English Expression, never thought this was a People. Thanks for the Information.
Very lovely - it would be interesting to see how they were originally worn.
In the 1950s, the Tiv became known to a wider audience through the novel "Return to laughter" by Anthropologist Laura Bohannon under her pen name Eleanor Smith Bowen. It's based on her fieldwork among the Tiv.
Oh Eva, you're already way ahead of me. I'm embarrassed to say I only speak one language fluently. When I was 18, I spent a month in Holland and all I learned to say in Dutch was "thank you" "Miss/Mrs" and "one sliced white bread"! :>) By the way, I seem to remember that you love hair pins. I saw some interesting ones on ebay just now. One is Ottoman with dangles
http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-HUGE-Antique-SILVER-Ottoman-Folklore-Hair...
and the others are Chinese with king fisher feathers. I didn't even know you could still find these.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Chinese-Hair-Ornament-5-Pin-Hairpin...
I don't know anything about hair pins or what they should cost, but I just wanted to let you know.
@ Betty, it would be interesting to see how they are worn. I agree. And thank you so much for the book reference. I'll check at my library and maybe they can find it somewhere. A friend sent me this image of the piece and I'm in love with it, both with the design, the beautiful macrame, and how lovely each ornament is in itself.
@Ann. I think it was one of your pictures that made me aware of these beautiful ornaments in the first place. Thanks for that. It's opened up yet another world of beautiful things.
Anjali, thank you very much for the links to the hairpins. In fact, both of them are very nice, but at the Moment I have too many things to pay... I am interested in hairpins, ( mostly Ethiopian, with exceptions).They are both very nice indeed, I could not even decide which one...(IF I had the Money available, but I have not). THank you just the same, it was nice to look at them! The Ottoman Looks almost like an Ethiopian.....very tempting.