Vintage Afghanistan Tribal Handmade Jewelry; Necklace Pendant with Silver Bells

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Vintage Afghanistan Tribal Handmade Jewelry; Necklace Pendant with Silver Bells:
$24.99

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Vintage Afghanistan Handmade Kuchi Tribal Jewelry: Necklace Pendent
The word Kuchi is derived from the Persian word meaning migration, in relation to nomads or gypsies, and does not describe a particular group or people, burt rather a state of being. Many different peoples or tribe from these areas have been classified as Kuchi but the original migratory nomads of the Afghanistan and Pakistan area are the Pashtoon. The jewelry of these wandering peoples inorporates design elements from many cultures including those of Inciam the Middle East, Central Asia and the tribal areas of the former Sovieet Union.
These jewelry artists used oins, bells, and large colorful glass jewels to produce lovely chokers, necklaces, cuff bracelets, hair clips, ornamental headdress, pendants, belts, rings and earrings completely by hand, often in centuries old designs. These peices sometimes incorporated bead work or embroidery.
This pendent ishand made using ancient techniques by tribal Jewelry artisans. The metal used to make these peices is known as \"Pot\", \"Coin\", \"Alpaca\", or \"Tribal\" Silver and is a combonation of old melted down coin alloys which include silver. The bells on the pendent are sterling silver plated.
Kuchi jewelry, like the jewelry of India and other tribal places and peoples, often used jewels of transparent colored glass set in beeswax and backed with foil to reflect light in every shade of the rainbow. Shining mirrors, metalic thread, colorful beads, and thousands of different dangles and bells also serve to attract the eye and believed to ward away evil spirits.
The jewelry was traditionally used heavily during a young girls wedding. If she had a substantial amount of jewelry she had wealth because the jewelry was part of the young girls dowery. More recently it is sewn in men and womens clothing and in the west used as bellydancing attire. The moving dangles, bells, pendents and hair peices accent movement and in this way enhance the dance.
This is an authentic original handmade peice made by nomadic tribes in Afghanistan. There may be inconsistancies such as missing beads, dangles, bells etc. These are considered as part of the positive overall originality of the item and do not deject from the disirability of it.These are not considered flaws and add to the overall look of the items. Please inspect the pics carefully so you can offer with confidence. You will receive the actual item pictured.
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