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A passport belonging to Diana Colpitts' grandfather, prominent intellectual Nazaret Dagavarian, which he carried throughout his travels as ambassador for Armenia in Turkish Parliament.

A studio photograph of Arsine Dagavarian, standing in a simple, long-sleeved black dress and perched on a stairs prop. At the bottom of the photograph, the photography studio and the address.

A studio portrait of a life lost to genocide: Nazaret Dagavarian, doctor of medicine and agriculture, astronomer, philosopher, and thinker.

Armenian gold cross necklace modeled after a traditional stone version of the same, called a "Khachkar" (in its original stone form), given to Sara Anderson at her great grandmother's funeral in 1993

A solitaire diamond in a yellow gold setting. It's Sara Anderson's own engagement ring, which her grandmother Beatrice brought her husband to Barkamian to get in the early 2000's

Sapphire and yellow gold engagement ring: Sara's grandmother Beatrice's from Barmakian Jewelers, a popular Armenian jeweler in business since 1900.

Lisa Natcharian's survivor descendant, her grandmother Elmas, who was taken in during the genocide by a Turkish family while waiting for her husband Onnik, a then-guerrilla fighter in the resistance army. She stands, having her portrait…

A 14k - 24k gold chain necklace, faceted/adorned with little ottoman era gold coins, inherited from Lisa Natcharian's grandmother, Elmas.

A ring given to Lisa by her grandmother from Ottoman Turkey before the genocide. Silver, adorned with several silver embellishments, with little ottoman era coins hanging off of it. There is also a sparkly gemstone faceted in its core.

Another necklace Lisa inherited from her grandmother from historic Armenia from times before the genocide.