Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1850
Publication Place
Egypt (made) -
Subject
Africa Jewellery Metalwork
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 3.9cm, Width: 3.9cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
267&A-1904
Record ID
267&A-1904
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1850
Notes
Earrings, in a wide variety of designs, were worn by women throughout the Islamic world. These earrings were described as from West Africa when they were bequeathed to the Museum in 1904. They are more likely to be from Nubia, a region which stretches along the Nile from southern Egypt to the Sudan. Plain flat crescents, like this, with simple engraved geometric decoration, are typical of the traditional jewellery worn by Nubian women.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Incised and ring punched silver Silver
Parçalar
Earring, Earring
Fiziksel açıklama
Pair of silver hoop earrings consisting of a flat crescent base with a thick wire extending in an arch from one tip almost as far as the other. The flat crescent is decorated on the front with two bands of triangles filled with ring punching, and on the back with an overall pattern of ring punching.
