Super-Latvians!
My migration story has two parts: that of my parents fleeing Latvia and my return to Latvia. These earrings and bracelet are representative of that story. The designs on them are inspired by ethnographic designs on jewelry found in archaeological digs here. They are unifying symbols that Latvians have.
I made the bracelet at an inter-generational Latvian camp, known as 3 x 3. I made it in eithe…
- Aija Abens
- Latvian diaspora
- http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept806
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- World War II
- Human migration
- Jewelry
- United States of America
- Canada
- Latvia
- Remigration
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- Aija Abens
- Latvian diaspora
- http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept806
- …
- World War II
- Human migration
- Jewelry
- United States of America
- Canada
- Latvia
- Remigration
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/2f44b930-c658-0136-9dce-6eee0af7d2fa#agent-47c0a930-d080-0136-d694-6eee0af74711
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- Kolekcijas dienas, Latvieši pasaulē - muzejs un pētniecības centrs, National Library of Latvia, 2018-11-09–2018-11-10
- Europe
- 2019-07-25T07:45:08.791Z
- 2022-08-26T16:19:41.682Z