المؤلف
Unknown
مكان النشر
Algeria (made) -
الموضوع
Amulets Islam Jewellery Metalwork Judaism Africa
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Diameter: 2.8in
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
283-1904
رقم السجل
283-1904
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
ملاحظات
This silver amulet comes from the Atlas mountains in North Eastern Algeria. The amulet is inscribed in Arabic and would have been worn by a Kabyle berber. Silver was a very popular material for jewellery as it was seen as a symbol of purity and honesty and rural Kabyle communities preferred it to gold which they regarded as a sign of vice. This brooch was probably made by a Jewish silversmith as the Berbers thought working with metal was an inferior occupation. Jewish silversmiths dominated jewellery making in North Africa from the late 15th century until the late 19th century.
نص عينة
Note There is an Arabic inscription on the amulet.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silver, chased and engraved Silver Chasing Engraving
Fiziksel açıklama
Amulet of chased silver with an Arabic inscription. The amulet is a flat disk roughly cut with eigth small projections. The inscription is in three lines seperated by two bands. A plain, flat loop is soldered across the top.
