Ethnic jewellery
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Ethnic jewellery
Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, 1995
2nd paperback ed
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Ethnic jewellery / edited by John Mack
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Ethnic jewellery / edited by John Mack
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The colour and exuberance of ethnic jewellery have always attracted collectors and travellers. African beadwork, American Indian silver, jade from the Far East, and shellwork from the Pacific are just some of the beautiful pieces surveyed in this book. In eight regional surveys, a team of experts explains how such jewellery has been made and worn, the relationship of the materials to the culture, and how the techniques of manufacture have survived for centuries. Even today traditional jewellery is still being made, although the repertoire is constantly enriched by new materials and influences by modern taste.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: adorning the body, expressing the person. Africa, Iris Barry. The Middle East, Jennifer Scarce. Asia - India, Oppi Untracht
- the Far East, Michael Hitchcock. The Pacific, L.M. Pole. The Americas: Precolumbian America, Julie Jones
- Latin American Indian jewellery, Anthony Shelton
- North American Indian jewellery, Marion Wood. Materials and techniques.
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