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A nose ring between the nostrils
(حلقة أنف بين المنخرين)

Title	A nose ring between the nostrils
Title Original	حلقة أنف بين المنخرين
Publication Date:	The eighteenth century (?) dating was determined by Muradilo Saidov based on his personal experience
Publication Place	The city of Bukhara (in Uzbekistan) and the surrounding Arab communities - Saint Petersburg Museum of Islamic Culture
Subject	Silver, coral, river pearl, semi-precious stone, wire drawing, wire twisting, welding, cut-off cutting, polishing, drilling
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 3.0 سم، العرض: 2.4 سم، الوزن: 298.90 غرام
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	MIC 03-1
Record ID	object;EPM;rs;Mus21;1;ar
Library Location	Saint Petersburg Museum of Islamic Culture
Date	The eighteenth century (?) dating was determined by Muradilo Saidov based on his personal experience
Notes	This nose ring is placed across the septum between the nostrils and such earrings serve as a sign of racial identity and family status among the Arab women living in and around the city. The nose ring is made of silver and can be opened by unscrewing the upper part of the ring over the lower part/clip. The lower part is decorated with a semi-precious stone in a distinctive beige color with brown veins. The stone is surrounded on both sides by two cubic buds made of welded balls of silver, and then two spiral buds made of silver wire. A thin silver wire forms the middle section. Both ends of the wire are wrapped around the base of the creation just above each of the two buds in a spiral shape. This middle section is decorated with a river pearl and there are two round buds made of two soldered silver balls and a pair of asymmetrical coral beads. In the twentieth century, the tradition of wearing nostril rings became neglected in Central Asia, except in the Arab regions. The nostril rings have been transformed into earrings (as in the case of this piece), and the nose rings from Bukhara are distinguished by the presence of decoration on two separate sections of the lower part, one above the other.
Sample Text	Dr. Anna Yu. Kudriavtceva, Prof. Dr. Sc. Efim A. Rezvan “Nose ring between the nostrils” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;rs;Mus21;1;ar

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A nose ring between the nostrils

(حلقة أنف بين المنخرين)

Publication Date The eighteenth century (?) dating was determined by Muradilo Saidov based on his personal experience

Publication Place The city of Bukhara (in Uzbekistan) and the surrounding Arab communities - Saint Petersburg Museum of Islamic Culture

Subject Silver, coral, river pearl, semi-precious stone, wire drawing, wire twisting, welding, cut-off cutting, polishing, drilling

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 3.0 سم، العرض: 2.4 سم، الوزن: 298.90 غرام

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID MIC 03-1

Record ID object;EPM;rs;Mus21;1;ar

Library Location Saint Petersburg Museum of Islamic Culture

Date The eighteenth century (?) dating was determined by Muradilo Saidov based on his personal experience

Notes This nose ring is placed across the septum between the nostrils and such earrings serve as a sign of racial identity and family status among the Arab women living in and around the city. The nose ring is made of silver and can be opened by unscrewing the upper part of the ring over the lower part/clip. The lower part is decorated with a semi-precious stone in a distinctive beige color with brown veins. The stone is surrounded on both sides by two cubic buds made of welded balls of silver, and then two spiral buds made of silver wire. A thin silver wire forms the middle section. Both ends of the wire are wrapped around the base of the creation just above each of the two buds in a spiral shape. This middle section is decorated with a river pearl and there are two round buds made of two soldered silver balls and a pair of asymmetrical coral beads. In the twentieth century, the tradition of wearing nostril rings became neglected in Central Asia, except in the Arab regions. The nostril rings have been transformed into earrings (as in the case of this piece), and the nose rings from Bukhara are distinguished by the presence of decoration on two separate sections of the lower part, one above the other.

Sample Text Dr. Anna Yu. Kudriavtceva, Prof. Dr. Sc. Efim A. Rezvan “Nose ring between the nostrils” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;rs;Mus21;1;ar