Posts

Showing posts with the label Medellín

More Ethnic Silver

Image
In Borneo extremely heavy earrings made from brass were in fashion. I don’t know how the Dayak people could wear them without tearing their earlobes to pieces. My Bambara lady from Mali made a detour to Afghanistan and put on a richly decorated belt with deep blue glass beads.                                                                                                                                                                       In Guatemala I chased a silver brooch with image of a Mayan god, but I could not find one I liked. In...