محل انتشار
Afghanistan (made) Turkmenistan (made) -
موضوع
Jewellery
نوع
دیگر
زبان
نامشخص
دیجیتال
بله
نسخه خطی
خیر
ابعاد فیزیکی
Length: 20cm
کتابخانه
Victoria and Albert Museum
شناسه دارایی کتابخانه
ME.48:1&2-2019
شماره ثبت
ME.48:1&2-2019
محل کتابخانه
Middle East Section
یادداشتها
Pair of silver and gilded Teke tribal earrings from Afghanistan or Turkmenistan
Tarihsel bağlam
It was assumed by Dr Ganguly that this these ornaments were earrings but as Wolf-Dieter Seiwert asserts, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between Teke jewellery worn as ear jewellery or as temple ornaments, largely distinguishable owing to weight and length. Teke jewellery is worn as a prophylactic against evil spirits. Triangles pointing upwards invoke the 'World Mountain' invoking blessings from Heaven. Cornelians symbolize female fecundity.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silver, fire-gilding, cornelian. Fire-gilding is typical of Teke tribal jewellery. Fire-gilding is applied to silver surfaces some of which may have been engraved in outline. An amalgam of gold dust mixed with mercury is applied with a brush and then heated, during which process the mercury evaporates leaving the gold bonded onto the silver ground.
Parçalar
Earring, Earring
Fiziksel açıklama
The pair of earrings is made of sheet silver which is partially fire-gilt on its face. It has a triangular section in the middle with an abstract arabesque floral and foliated openwork design above and below. The central triangular portion is mounted with an oval cornelian in a bezel setting. There are also decorative lines of beaded wirework applied to the front which has soldered double wire rings from which hang knitted wire chains terminating in silver leaflets. There is a soldered silver wire hook at the top of each earring.