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JEWELRY
Silver Earings Silver Flower Earrings (pair) - These silver earrings look like silver flowers and come in two sizes, small (1cm flower) and large(1.5cm flower).
     
Silver Dangle earrings Silver Dangle Earrings (pair - The silver is considered very beautiful against the black hair of the Nuosu ladies, and the chime of the dangles echoes the sound that a beautiful woman makes when walking.

$20.00
 
     
Saddle Rings Saddle Ring - The saddle rings are so called because they resemble the saddles that the Nuosu use on their horses. They come in two sizes, with shorter saddles that are 3.5cm long and longer saddles that are 4.5cm long.
 
     
Red Stone Ring Red Stone Ring - Red stone rings are classic pieces of Nuosu jewelry. The style of silver filigree with a stone is ethnically distinctive of the Nuosu.

$25.00
 
     
Saddle Rings Traditional Collar or Choker with Silver Buckle - This traditional collar worn at special occasions could be worn to dress up a dress shirt for a night out on the town or worn as a choker necklace

$20.00
     
Hair and Pearls - This is part of the headdress for an unmarried woman - the black braided yarn is to mimic what a beautiful Nuosu woman's thick black hair would look like.  The thick braided part would go over the top of the head, over the top of the embroidered rectangle of cloth (or towels) and the strings would tie in the back behind the girl's real hair, hidden in her own braids, serving to keep the cloth on top of the head.  These days it is more popular for girls to use horsehair or synthetic wig fibers - this particular version is very 'old school' and traditional.

$20.00
     


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