Sigrid Van Roode

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Independent researcher of traditional jewellery from North Africa & Southwest Asia, also into archaeological jewellery. Blogger, speaker, writer, consultant: see more at https://www.bedouinsilver.com
Websitehttps://bedouinsilver.com
Blog on Middle Eastern jewellery (and much more...!)https://bedouinsilver.com/explore/
Jewellery Courses - North Africa & Southwest Asiahttps://bedouinsilver.com/e-course/
Download my PhD-thesis 'Silver of the Possessed'https://www.sidestone.com/books/silver-of-the-possessed
Sigrid Van RoodeJan 26, 2025
Jewellery & the senses: smell is incredibly important for us, and so it comes as no surprise that it also forms part and parcel of jewellery! Jewellery and scent are closely connected: many jewellery pieces contain fragrance one way or another.⁠
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But that aspect is often overlooked, simply because fragrance disappears after some time...so how are we to remember this beautiful capacity of jewellery?⁠
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That is the topic of the next installation of my Jewellery & The Senses blog range! After Sight and Touch, this blog dives into the world of Smell!⁠
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Read it here: https://bedouinsilver.com/jewellery-and-the-senses-smell/
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Jewellery and the senses: smell

Did you know your jewellery used to smell…and what that means?

Bedouin Silver | Jewellery Blog & Courses
Sigrid Van RoodeJan 25, 2025
Shocked to learn the exhibition on Dacian treasures in the Drents Museum has been robbed last night. I visited earlier this month and was in awe of the craftmanship and beauty of these pieces...I hope they will be found and returned home soon.
Sigrid Van RoodeJan 25, 2025

Two amber beads, found beneath the ziggurat of Assur (in current-day Iraq) and buried there around 3,500 years ago. The amber came from the Baltic region: trade networks reached far and wide.
On view in the spectacular Bronze Age exhibition in the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden.

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Sigrid Van RoodeJan 22, 2025
Ticia VerveerJan 22, 2025

Archaeologists excavating near the Colosseum found a chunk of Egyptian blue pigment dating back about 2,000 years.

Photo credit Simona Murrone and the Colosseum Archaeological Park.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article298908235.html

Sigrid Van RoodeJan 21, 2025

Silver anklet of Ethiopian Christian women. In the excellent exhibition 'Hew Locke: What have we here?' in @britishmuseum, where we also learn that this particular pair was looted on April 13, 1868, in Maqdala.

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