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.

wooden dolls from Congo and Tanzania with Indonesian bone and wood dolls
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  • Some of my Tanzanian and Congolese wooden dolls.  The one on the left is two sided, it has a face on the other side.  The middle one has no arms, can't remember the tribe.

  • it seems there is also a closed Ethiopian Icon on the picture. Nice.

  • Yes, a closed Ethiopian icon,   also two brass Ganesh.

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