Document about Somali Jewellery (in Italian)

[balanbalis]

https://t.co/JD26guVxOv

(open actual pdf in downloads after)
Starting page 36 of the document, 32 of the pdf

The jewelleries are named in English/Somali on the page before the images so its not too hard to understand!

 

[wonyluvr]

I’ve had that for like 2 years
Here’s another one

https://arcadia.sba.uniroma3.it/bitstream/2307/1049/5/04.%20CARDELLI%20ANTINORI%20A.%20-%20Ornamenti%20della%20persona.pdf

 

[trf]

I love this omg how’d you find it? Does something like this exist for clothes?? That would be cool.

This is pretty

 

[trf]

The gold necklaces are so pretty

 

[balanbalis]

I’ve had that for like 2 years
Here’s another one

https://arcadia.sba.uniroma3.it/bitstream/2307/1049/5/04.%20CARDELLI%20ANTINORI%20A.%20-%20Ornamenti%20della%20persona.pdf

Oo it has some leather pieces

 

[balanbalis]

The gold necklaces are so pretty
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S*yaad b*rre’s wife wore the last one

 

[wonyluvr]

S*yaad b*rre’s wife wore the last one

Show?!?!!

 

[wonyluvr]

Oo it has some leather pieces

Yeah it included men’s stuff there’s also a catalogue from the 1930s

 

[balanbalis]

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[trf]

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Looking back it’s similar, not identical

Yeah it looks similar.

 

[balanbalis]

Yeah it looks similar.

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[reggie]

Why is this soo hard for somalis to craft it should of been easier due to the technology we have today

 

[balanbalis]

Why is this soo hard for somalis to craft it should of been easier due to the technology we have today

Somalis get their gold from Dubai and thus import non-somali styles, I’m sure you could request these designs from the artisanal qabiils in soomaaliweyn