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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.

Travels memories

Posted by marie jose Opper on March 6, 2014 at 6:32pm

Thirty seven years ago I found a bead in the Sahara sands,( the black thin round one on the upper right) I added it to an amulet leather cord given to me by a woman in exchange of a small tunisian silver bead.I lived for a long time in North Africa and West Africa and I had the opportunity to find more beads in the sand to add to the string. I mixed them with gifts from friends.The long pendant is tweezers to remove" cram-cram" from Mauritania.

Comments

Alaa eddine SAGID March 6, 2014 at 6:48pm

such a lovely way to wear all those attractive tidbits everyone gathers during traveling....
ingrid Langerak March 6, 2014 at 10:13pm

How nice all these memories kept alive with lovely pieces. What a thought. And it has become a warm artistic looking piece. Congratulations. And than to think that you really found many of these beads just in the sand. Very special!
Toya March 7, 2014 at 4:05am

Wonderful! This is a true treasure necklace, full of treasured memories.