Courage My Love

C O U R A G E M Y L O V EL O O K B O O K W I N T E R 2 0 1 2

J EW E L R Y . V I N T A G E C L O T H I N G . P R E C I O U S F I N D S . S H O E S . B E A D S .

Courage My Love is a v in tage s to re based ou t

o f To ron to . I t ho lds some o f the mos t exo t i c

t reasu res f rom around the wor ld . I t was founded by

Stewar t Sc r i ve r , who s ta r ted the shop in 1975 as

an ou t l e t fo r i t ems he brough t back f rom h is t rave l s

inc lud ing Tha i l and , Mex i co , Tu rkey , Ind ia and Namib ia .

Upon en te r i ng the s to re you r senses a re a l l engaged .

Tr iba l mus i c i s p lay ing . Incense o f lavende r f i l l s you r

nos t r i l s and you beg in to en te r a d i f f e ren t cu l t u re .

Beads f rom a d i f f e ren t land cove r the wa l l s and eve ry

type o f s t r i ng imag inab le i s hang ing . Rows and rows o f

s i l ve r t reasu res a re d i sp layed in cases and i f you a re so

cu r i ous to inqu i re abou t one you may be to ld a s to ry abou t

i t s pas t l i f e . We lcome to the wor lds o f p laces you ’ve

neve r been and peop le you w i l l neve r mee t bu t w i l l ca r r y

on the i r s to r i es in the t reasu res they have le f t beh ind .

e x p e r i e n c e a n o t h e r c u l t u r e

Mos t o f the jewe l r y fea tu red in

th i s book i s f rom Ind ian Tr ibes

be tween 3500BC and 2500BC.

Headp iece : From the

Ra jas than i Dese r t , Ind ia . The

two s i l ve r p ieces a t the end

were o r i g i na l l y used by as ians

3000 yea rs ago as an ear

spoon and a too thp i ck . They

wrapped th i s p iece o f jewe l r y

a round the i r wa is t l i ke a be l t .

Long neck lace : Handmade

bead f rom Afghan i s tan ,

s i l ve r .

Le f t and r igh t b race le t :

Handmade f rom the t r i be ,

Gu ja ra t i (an Indo-Aryan

e thn i c g roup)

I nd ian Fes t i va l o f Co lo rs .

Ho l i i s a re l i g i ous sp r i ng

fes t i va l ce leb ra ted by

H indus . I t ce leb ra tes the

beg inn ing o f the new

season , sp r i ng . H indus

be l i eve i t i s a t ime o f

en joy ing sp r i ng ’s abundan t

co lo rs and say ing fa rewe l l

to w in te r .

Ha i r p iece : Trad i t i ona l l y

used as a t r i ba l ea r i ng

in Sou the rn Ch ina .

Scan you r phone to exp lo re the marke ts o f Tha i l and , Mex i co , Tu rkey , Ind ia and Namib ia and lea rn abou t each cu l t u re .

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