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.
You need to be a member of Adorned Histories to add comments!
Request your copy of our newsletter.
If you would like to receive our newsletter
Comments
very beautiful! What size has this ?
Thanks, Eva. It's 54 x 32 x 18 cm. You can see more pictures at this link http://www.berberia.es/en/collector-s/1297-sunduk-old-mauritanian-t...
Thank you for the info! I just looked at it, very beautiful!!!
Superb. Have never seem one so big and in such great condition..Congratulations. A treasure.
A real treasur,i like this one a lot and all the mauritanian woodwork. Imbelivable That all handmade,even the lock and keys are handmade. I have some differrnt sizrs ones, i ll post fotos when i get time
Thank you for the nice comments and for the feature!. I apologise as this is not truly a piece of ethnic jewellery or adornment but thought it was related somehow as I could imagine a lady using it as a safebox keep her valuable dowry jewellery ...