Antique Silver, Bronze & Gemstone Jewelry Styles in Yemen, Turkmenia & Ancient Mongolia

This blog will begin with the twentieth century symbols in the Yemen and Turkoman silver jewelry but will drift backward in time to explore the ancestral symbols of Turkmenia in the ancient jade ritual ornamentation of New Stone Age Mongolia, the origin of the Turkmen.

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Saturday, June 28, 2014

A Glowing Gem from the Yemen Desert

Yemen has a rich and fertile gulf coast once with high traffic due to the coffee and frankincense trade. But much of the country that stre...

Monday, May 26, 2014

Orphan Beads Find a Home

Antique Famous Bawsani Silver Filigree Bead by Yemenite Silversmith Using components from older jewelry is no new enterprise. From a...

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Shaping and Decorating a Yemen Dowry Bracelet

The Dowry Bracelet Antique Yemen Silver Bridal Dowry Bracelet Braid Design Filigree Inlay The ancient practice of exchanging g...

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Asian Ethnic Jewelry from the Arabian Desert

Arabian Bedouin Bracelets The continent of Asia extends from the Mediterranean in the West to the Pacific in the West: think Hong Kong. ...

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Turkoman Gilded Silver - Yomud Tradition

In the preceding post, we compared the gilding methods and results of the Turkmen silversmiths and the Yemen silversmiths. Readers have as...

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Gilding Silver in Yemen and Turkmenia

It is time to talk about gilded jewelry from the 1900s specifically in Yemen and Turkmenia. First to note is the fact that most jewelry ...

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Making and Marking Amulets in Yemen

Antique Yemen Amulets made in same pattern, signed by same maker After my husband no longer traveled to Yemen, a trusted acquain...

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