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studying jewellery
What is ‘real’ jewellery?
How to know if jewellery is real? How can you tell? This blog questions what ‘real’ is and expands your view.
What is ‘Kuchi jewellery’?
What is Kuchi jewellery?
What is ‘research’?
What is research and how to do it?
Improve your search results
How to improve your search results for ethnic jewellery online by doing this one thing!
Appropriation or historical exchange?
Cultural appropriation is not the same as historical exchange. Find out more about the differences and the grey area between the two. By Sigrid van Roode, jewellery historian working with traditional jewellery from North Africa and the Middle East.
Cultural appropriation in 1 minute
What is cultural appropriation and what is it not? See a basic breakdown here, by jewellery historian Sigrid van Roode working with traditional jewellery from North Africa and the Middle East.
Recognizing reproductions
How to tell if vintage jewellery from North Africa and the Middle East is real, or a reproduction?
What’s in a name?
What are correct names to indicate the origin of silver jewellery? Here are some thoughts on cultural identity and the importance of names.
Losing sight
Why is researching and documenting ethnic jewelry so incedibly important? Jewellery historian Sigrid van Roode explains.
DIVA Library
DIVA Library: jewellery research heaven! Find out what this library offers jewellery researchers here.
Early Photography
Early photography and jewellery research: what to be aware of in jewellery research of the Middle East and North Africa.
