| Description |
207 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Maps (Africa and the Middle East ; Asia: India and the Far East ; The Pacific ; The Americas) -- Preface / John Mack -- Introduction: Adorning the body: expressing the person / John Mack -- 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 / Oppi Untracht |
| Summary |
Dividing the world into eight regional surveys, this book explains how ethnic jewellery has been made and worn, the relationship of the materials to the culture, and how the techniques of manufacture have survivived for centuries |
| Analysis |
Jewellery |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 200-[201] |
| Subject |
Ethnic jewelry.
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Jewelry -- History.
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Jewelry.
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| Author |
Mack, John, 1949-
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British Museum. Trustees.
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| ISBN |
0714115878 |
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