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Message:: [QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9972735, member: 2844"]Just an explanation of the terms: Tribal jewellery is part of a traditional tribal culture, of which there aren't many. Most people in the world don't live in a tribal social structure. Tribal jewellery is traditional and usually rare. Ethnic jewellery is a broader term, it includes tribal jewellery. It refers to jewellery that is specific to a culture, and like the term tribal jewellery it refers to jewellery that is part of the expression of identity of a culture. Ethnic jewellery is also traditional and usually rare. Costume jewellery has nothing to do with tradition or cultural identity. It is jewellery that is made to sell, so it has to appeal to a wide public. It is often mass produced, and not rare.While ethnic and tribal jewellery is made for the people of a culture themselves, costume jewellery is made for people outside that culture. That said, if tribal or ethnic jewellery appeals to a wider public, it is often made to be sold both inside and outside the ethnic group.Examples are cuff bracelets from Siwa oasis in Egypt (tribal), and Norwegian sølje jewellery (ethnic).[/QUOTE]