{"id":659,"date":"2015-12-18T12:34:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T11:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/\/en\/it-joailliers\/voyage-ethno-joaillier-au-world-jewellery-museum\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T14:15:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T13:15:55","slug":"voyage-ethno-joaillier-au-world-jewellery-museum","status":"publish","type":"it-joailliers","link":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/it-joailliers\/voyage-ethno-joaillier-au-world-jewellery-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00e9oul, ethno jewelry journey at the World Jewellery Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wjmuseum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asian museum<\/a> entirely dedicated to jewelry presents a beautiful ethnic collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">What a surprise to find this museum entirely given to jewelry in Seoul, since Korea has no real tradition in this field. For such a long time now, the well-covering traditional dress \u2013 the hanbok \u2013 has left no room for necklaces and bracelets, in much the same way as Japan\u2019s kimono has done. Madame <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">Lee Kang-won<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">, a female diplomat, opened the museum in 2004 to exhibit 3,000 pieces acquired over 30 years during her travels. The pieces come from sixty countries including India, China, Morocco, Mongolia and Ethiopia. Many date from the 19th and 20th centuries and each was chosen and purchased by Ms <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">Lee Kang-won herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">In this museum, gold and precious stones give way to horn, ivory, leather, amber or iron. Indeed, the value of this collection of ethnic jewelry is not found in the materials but rather in the way they decorate the body, the rites and traditions they carry and the virtues they possess. The <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">seven<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">amber-bead<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">Moroccan<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">necklaces<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">that<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">strike the eye<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> upon entering <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">were worn on<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">medical prescription<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">to maintain<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">women\u2019s body heat.<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">The Indonesian<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">collar <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">made up of <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">crocodile<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">teeth<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> &#8211; called <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">tora<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">tora &#8211;<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">was<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">supposed to make<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> the hunter <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">invincible.<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> All <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">terribly<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">moving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related article:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/?p=35168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6 reasons to visit the Amrapali Museum in Jaipur<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Asian museum entirely dedicated to jewellery<br \/>\npresents a beautiful ethnic jewellery collection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":472,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-659","it-joailliers","type-it-joailliers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","histoire-museum","ville-seoul-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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