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Personal adornment from the Middle East & North Africa Enroll in a course on middle eastern jewellerydownload your free ebook on amulets & jewelleryDo you love traditional jewellery from North Africa and the Middle East? Would you like to know more about ethnic jewellery? Then this is the website for you! Browse the vast jewellery blog with everything from the power of amulets to practical tips on organizing your collection, or check out the free e-books and other downloads waiting for you. And you will love the online courses on all things jewellery from North Africa and the Middle East – the only jewellery courses of their kind in the world!
Hello! I am Sigrid van Roode, and I believe personal adornment is more than adornment only. It is heritage. It tells us about the lives of women in the way that no history book does. But this heritage and its stories are disappearing fast. You will find jewellery for sale as ethnic jewelry, tribal jewellery, Bedouin jewellery or maybe even bellydance jewellery. But where to find its stories…? I study jewellery to retrieve the histories of women before they are forgotten. And I share the beautiful world of jewellery in a way you will not find anywhere else: all to help you read your jewellery like a book – and to love it even more!
Patina in Middle Eastern jewellery
A word used for two very different things…!
bedouin silver blog
Jewellery Blog
‘What does the symbolism in jewellery mean? How do I clean ethnic silver? What is Arab jewellery? How do I recognize real ethnic jewellery?’ The blog covers everything related to adornment and culture from North Africa and Southwest Asia, and you will also find info on related fields such as archeological jewellery and jewellery studies. Browse tips, how-to’s and surprising facts about Middle Eastern jewellery that you will not find anywhere else – click on the image for the latest article or follow the link below!
bedouin silver online course
Jewellery courses online
Where can I learn more about traditional Middle Eastern jewellery? This is where you’ll find everything you always wanted to know on Middle Eastern jewellery – and you don’t even have to leave your home. The only online courses devoted entirely to personal adornment from North Africa and Southwest Asia bring you the world of jewellery history, design, symbolism, silversmiths, dowry, henna, perfume and much more.
This is the how, what & why of your jewellery you have been looking for! Let me show you how to read jewellery and see the lives, dreams, fears and hopes of generations of women unfold themselves. You will never look at jewellery the same again. And you could be enjoying breathtaking jewellery views in just 10 minutes from now….!
Who is Sigrid van Roode?
It’s great to meet you! Here is a little about me…I am a jewellery historian and archaeologist. My story with personal adornment began over 25 years ago in Cairo. There, I came across Bedouin silver jewellery for the first time, and realized that like archaeology, jewellery is heritage. Jewellery is a historic source, and has so much to tell about the world it comes from!
I work with museums and private collections to ensure this heritage has a long and meaningful future. I write books, curate exhibitions, give talks and in general love to share the stories of adornment. This website contains plenty of those: I wish you happy browsing!
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