#JEWELRY

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Dragon Bracelet Tutorial // Ezartesa Jewelry

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Tiny whale shark in porcelain and gold 🩵💛

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Gold pendant with garnets, Anglo-Saxon England, early 7th century

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant from Panama, c.350-450 CE: this gold pendant depicts an animal with stubby feet, a rounded head, and a long, thick tail curled up over its back

This design is often referred to as the "curly-tailed animal," and other pendants of the same style have been found in Panama, Colombia, and Costa Rica.

Above: two "curly-tailed animal" pendants from Panama, c.450-950 CE (top) and c.50-450 CE (bottom)

As this publication explains:

Among the intriguing and much-favored Panamanian cast pendants is the curly- tailed animal, a form that is found in both Colombia and lower Central America. Believed to date to as early as the second century A.D., when gold working was introduced into Panama from Colombia, the Panamanian versions are said to belong to the "Initial" style. The curly- tailed animals, so called for the impressively large tails that extend up over their backs, vary considerably in detail and have been identified as everything from dogs to ducks, but the tail, at least, is thought to be simian in derivation. It is clearly the significant element of the composition, and, when the pendant was worn, the tail would have been the most visible part of the ornament.

Produced for centuries in lower Central America, the "curly tails" were rendered in both gold and semiprecious stone; they were one of the few ancient images to be made in both materials.

Above: a "curly-tailed animal" pendant made of agate, c.100-800 CE

This page also expands on the blended characteristics that define the "curly-tailed animal" style:

Artists in the lands that are now part of the modern nations of Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica created pendants and figures of a hybrid creature known to scholars as the curly-tailed animal.

The diversity of zoological attributes present on this and similar pendants precludes a definitive identification of any specific animal, but the capuchin monkey (Cebus capucinis), coatimundi (Nasua narica), or even domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) may have provided inspiration.

Why Indigenous Artifacts Should be Returned to Indigenous Communities

Sources & More Info:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Curly-Tailed Pendants 2, 3, 4, and 5

Cleveland Art Museum: Agate Animal Pendant

Museum Publication: Gold of the Americas (PDF)

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I want those earrings

Necklace and Earrings

1840s

The Victoria & Albert Museum

“Naturalistic jewellery, decorated with clearly recognisable flowers or fruit, emerged with the Romantic movement in the early 19th century. It remained popular for many decades. This piece is notable for its particularly vivid combination of colours. With its matching pair of long earrings, its impact would have been considerable.“

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Marseven Picnic Collection 2020 ꩜ Krystal-klear strawberry

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Romantic Winter Collection

Brand new collection of handmade jewelry now aviable

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Lappland : Refined Horrormare [Arknights] 1/7 scale from Alter coming June 2025.

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THE BEETLE EARRINGS?!??! AND THE PEBBLE NECKLACE!?!?! AND THAT BEAUTIFUL CHUNKY BRACELET I JUST KNOW THAT THING SOUNDS LOUD AND MUSICAL!?!?<333333

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Finger Ring of Throne Name of Tutankhamun, Nebkheperure

The gold ring was found in an elaborate Canaanite tomb. It is unclear whether it arrived in Canaan during the reign of Tutankhamun (ca. 1332-1323 BC) or later.

Excavated in Tell el-Ajjul, Gaza. Now in the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. 33.708

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double headed snake ring, c. 330-300 b.c.

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Gold and turquoise nose ring, Moche culture, Peru, 100-800 AD

from The Museo Larco, Lima, Peru

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