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Ensemble - Nubian Traditional Ensemble

Description: Nubian Ensemble. A) Jirjara robe (Nubian-style young woman's galabeyah) of sheer black machine-made lace with scattered "tendrils" of various sized dots all-over which extend from hem upwards. Full-length, with rounded neckline and slight "V" at front. Full-length sleeves flaring to wrist. B) Under-dress of white cotton embroidered with ancient Egyptian-inspired motifs, including lotus blossoms. Full-length, with rounded neckline with small "V" at front. Neckline edged with green embroid… more
Date: 1975/2010
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Earrings - Rabari Festival Attire

Description: Silver earrings. Hook fasteners attached to triangular plaques set with red or red and green glass circles. Below plaques are suspended hemispherical filigree pieces with fringe of wrapped wire and silver spheres. One earring with 5 red stones, one empty collet, the other earring with 4 red and 2 green stones.
Date: 1975/2000
Creator: Rabari Peoples
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Purpleheart Set

Description: The purpleheart set consists of a bracelet, necklace and a pair of earrings. They are predominately made of a dark red wood and silver. The pieces consist of geometric shapes which are connected with silver caps and hinges.
Date: unknown
Creator: Crowell-Hilde, Kaki D.
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Brooch and Earrings

Description: The earrings are made of silver circles pierced with off-centered circle cut-outs which are in turn pierced with curlicue ribbon pieces of metal. The brooch is a triangular shape with an opening of a similar triangular shape which is also in turn pierced with a curlicue ribbon of metal. Also on one corner of the brooch is a second curled metal piece.
Date: unknown
Creator: Crowell-Hilde, Kaki D.
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Earrings

Description: The earrings consist of domed circular shapes with a circular opening through which is a coiled piece of copper.
Date: 1987
Creator: Crowell-Hilde, Kaki D.
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Square Earrings

Description: The silver earrings consist of mangled square shapes pierced with open rectangular shapes. Moving through the rectangular openings as well as the silver squares are copper wires.
Date: 1986
Creator: Crowell-Hilde, Kaki D.
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Beaded earrings

Description: Pair of Maasai earrings in open oval design of blue, white, red, and green vertical bands. Earrings are bordered in blue beads on the interior and a row of yellow and alternating blue/white rows around the exterior.
Date: 2000/2010
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Jewelry suite

Description: Jewelry suite styled in rows of opalite and pale blue rhinestones. A) Choker style necklace. Rows of opalite and pale blue rhinestones knot at center front with three strands ending in marquise opalite cabochons. Closure stamped: "Karu" B) Matching bracelet. Push-in style closure with plunger capped in tiny opalite sphere. Closure stamped: "Karu" C, D) Matching clip-on earrings. Styled in circle of opalite with center strands matching necklace. Closure stamped: "Karu"
Date: 1940/1949
Creator: Karu
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Earrings - Rabari Festival Attire

Description: Silver earrings. Wire hook fasteners attached to oval collet containing a large oval dark blue glass(?) cabochon stone. Below stone is suspended a filigree hemisphere with dense fringe of silver shaped plaques and spheres.
Date: 1975/2000
Creator: Rabari Peoples
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Ear cuffs

Description: Pair of Maasai ear cuff style earrings. Could be worn separately or as a pair. A) Arch of cuff is black seed beads trimmed with red and white beads and silver paillettes on short pieces of chain. Rectangular base is of white beads with green, red and black triangular designs separated by a blue plastic spacer. Three 2” strands of wheat beads, chain and silver paillettes hang from the base of the rectangular section. B) Arch of cuff is orange seed beads trimmed with black, white and red beads … more
Date: 2000/2010
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Earrings - Banjara Festival Attire

Description: Earrings. Pair of earrings for pierced ears. Each earring is composed of an inner and outer circular hoop. A single flat silver pendant is suspended within the inner hoop, while a fringe of 7 pendants of a bugle bead and a silver sphere hang from the inner hoop. From the outer hoop hang a long triangular pendant fringe of 13 graduated strands with bugle beads, terminating in flat silver teardrop forms.
Date: 1975/2000
Creator: Banjara Peoples
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Earrings - Kutchi Group, Pashtun Peoples, Afghanistan.

Description: Earrings. Pair of heavy pendant earrings of silver-colored metal and glass. Bail loops suspend a roughly semi-circular silver plate with collet-set glass sapphires, emeralds, and rubies. From lower edge of plate are suspended small clusters of flat silver shapes and small spheres. Earrings do not match exactly.
Date: 1975/2000
Creator: Kutchi Group, Pashtun Peoples
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Egyptian Revival earrings

Description: Egyptian Revival ear screws, designed with small "King Tut" head on screw head and larger head hanging from screw loop. Fringe trim hanging from larger head is etched with Egyptian winged sun disk and winged scarab design.
Date: 1923/1924
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Cascading earrings

Description: Earrings with a simple hook design, suspending a horizontal bar from which hangs a triangular "cascade" of tiers of faux gold coins hung on a net of quatrefoil-shaped links. Part of a Nubian ensemble.
Date: 1975/1999
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Silver discs earrings

Description: Belly dancer ensemble. Pair of earrings, each formed as a pair of graduated openwork crescent shapes, hung with silver discs and a fringe of faux coins on short multicolored beaded strands. Suspended from openwork circular disk. Hook style.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Ear clips

Description: Ear clips. Gold tone outer edge in etched lines with diagonally slashed marks. Ring of small rhinestones around center large cabochon of iridescent blue. Stamped on back: Nettie Rosenstein
Date: 1950/1955
Creator: Rosenstein, Nettie
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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