المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
1839
مكان النشر
Egypt (made) -
الموضوع
Jewellery Africa Metalwork
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Width: 6cm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
1113-1869
رقم السجل
1113-1869
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1839
ملاحظات
This was described as a bracelet when it was acquired by the Museum in 1869 but it is more likely to be a childâs anklet. The loose pendant bells, always of an odd number, served the double purpose of allowing the infantâs mother to keep track of its location while simultaneously scaring away any evil spirits. Bells were rarely attached to stiff bracelets of this shape. Anklets similar to this were worn over a wide area, but the facetted polyhedral ends are characteristic of many kinds of jewellery worn by the tribal populations of North Africa, Syria and Arabia. This example was acquired in Cairo and described as âModern Egyptianâ.
نص عينة
'Ù¨Ù ', a crescent and a stylised lion, in an oval frame.Transliteration80TranslationMark for 800 standard silver, Egypt, c.1839-1920.NoteOn one terminal., 'Ù¨Ù ' over wavy line with a loop at the right end, in square frame.Transliteration80MTranslationMark for 800 standard silver.NoteOn other terminal.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silver Silver
Fiziksel açıklama
Silver penannular bracelet made from a strip of silver wire with facetted cubic terminals at each end. There are nine loops attached to the bracelet, each of which holds a pendent bell.