HUGE KUCHI JOB LOT Vintage Afghan Kuchi Tribal Earring Ring Hippie Indian Lot

  
8 x vintage tribal earring pairs (1 x rare hair chain earrings). 3 x vintage tribal large rings 11 x vintage tribal rings. The earrings have 16 Gauge wires and are a little larger than the standard pierced earrings and are very heavy. The wires on the large blue pair are very short so I wouldnt suggest wearing these as earrings but you could also use these as a centerpiece on a headdress, bra, or belt to add unique accents. The Kuchi Rings were hand-crafted during the mid 1900's with detailed bands made by using melted down metals such as tin, brass, nickel if silver wasnt affordable at the time inlaid with a beautiful vibrant red, blue, green, pink, orange, brown glass and colorful stones.

These rings have the classic Kuchi tribal jewellery style that has been popular in this region for centuries. The design is so time-honored that it keeps its strong appeal even today.

These rings are becoming harder and harder to source these days. Sizes vary from small to large.

All international orders are posted signed and tracked. The Kuchi nomadic women do not wear burqas. They are fiercely independent, usually wreathed in silver necklaces and dressed in spangling embroidery, and they stare boldly back from atop their camels when you cross them on the roads. It's their custom to go unveiled, and because the Taliban Vice and Virtue Police usually stay in the towns, and the Kuchis have ferocious dogs and even more ferocious husbands, these nomad women are left alone. Kuchi jewelry, like the jewelry of India and other tribal places and peoples, often incorporates jewels of transparent colored glass set in and backed with foil to reflect light in every shade of the rainbow. Shining mirrors, metallic thread, colorful beads, pom poms, cloves and other fragrant materials, bright fabrics and thousands of different kinds of dangles and bells also serve to attract the eye and ward off evil spirits.

Please Note these items are hand crafted vintage items. No two items are identical -Coins and engravings are not perfect or symmetrical. Dents, scratches and missing links, stones or coins may occur These are not faults or imperfections, they tell the story of the history and traditions in which they originate from, and should be embraced. The item "HUGE KUCHI JOB LOT Vintage Afghan Kuchi Tribal Earring Ring Hippie Indian Lot" is in sale since Sunday, January 12, 2020. This item is in the category "Jewellery & Watches\Ethnic & Tribal Jewellery\Other Ethnic Jewellery".

The seller is "jimihendrixgirl" and is located in Dorchester. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: Afghanistan