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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 7777005, member: 2844&quot;]Ditto.</p><p><br /></p><p>She does, and she agrees.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> They are Pashtun bracelets, from Afghanistan.</p><p>Nowhere near ancient, but vintage. The Pashtun often use glass, not gemstones. If they use stones it is often lapis lazuli.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is an overlap in jewellery between the Pashtun and their close relatives, the Kuchi, so sometimes you&#039;ll find similar bracelets identified as Kuchi.</p><p><br /></p><p>The use of glass instead of gemstones in many ethnic jewels is because the inlay is there for its protective colours and expression of identity, rather than its value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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