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Head dress

العنوان	Head dress
المؤلف	Unknown
تاريخ النشر:	1800
مكان النشر	Algeria (made) -
الموضوع	Jewellery Islam Africa Judaism Metalwork
النوع	أخرى
اللغة	غير محدد
رقمي	نعم
مخطوط	لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية	Length: 52cm
المكتبة:	Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة	487-1865
رقم السجل	487-1865
موقع المكتبة	Middle East Section
التاريخ	1800
ملاحظات	This is an example of a head ornament worn by Kabyle women chiefly at the time of marriage. It was made in the first half of the nineteenth century. The Kabyle are a Berber people from North Eastern Algeria. The head dress is made up of silver plates linked together and is decorated with enamelled filigree and set with corals. Silver 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. As well as representing baraka (good luck), coral was believed to enhance fertility and was therefore an important part of a women's wedding costume. This head dress was probably made by a Jewish silversmith as the Berbers thought working with metal was an inferior occupation. The filigree technique used here was introduced to North Africa in the late fifteenth century by Jewish immigrants fleeing persecution in Europe. Jewish silversmiths dominated jewellery making in North Africa until the late nineteenth century.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Silver plates, decorated with enamelled filigree and coral Silver Enamel Coral Filigree Enamelling
Fiziksel açıklama	Silver plates linked together with silver rings around a centre piece decorated with enamelled filigree and coral.

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Head dress

المؤلف Unknown

تاريخ النشر 1800

مكان النشر Algeria (made) -

الموضوع Jewellery Islam Africa Judaism Metalwork

النوع أخرى

اللغة غير محدد

رقمي نعم

مخطوط لا

الأبعاد الفيزيائية Length: 52cm

المكتبة Victoria and Albert Museum

معرف أصل المكتبة 487-1865

رقم السجل 487-1865

موقع المكتبة Middle East Section

التاريخ 1800

ملاحظات This is an example of a head ornament worn by Kabyle women chiefly at the time of marriage. It was made in the first half of the nineteenth century. The Kabyle are a Berber people from North Eastern Algeria. The head dress is made up of silver plates linked together and is decorated with enamelled filigree and set with corals. Silver 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. As well as representing baraka (good luck), coral was believed to enhance fertility and was therefore an important part of a women's wedding costume. This head dress was probably made by a Jewish silversmith as the Berbers thought working with metal was an inferior occupation. The filigree technique used here was introduced to North Africa in the late fifteenth century by Jewish immigrants fleeing persecution in Europe. Jewish silversmiths dominated jewellery making in North Africa until the late nineteenth century.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Silver plates, decorated with enamelled filigree and coral Silver Enamel Coral Filigree Enamelling

Fiziksel açıklama Silver plates linked together with silver rings around a centre piece decorated with enamelled filigree and coral.