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Bangle

Title	Bangle
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1850
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Jewellery Africa Metalwork
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Diameter: 7cm, Height: 0.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	295-1904
Record ID	295-1904
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1850
Notes	Bracelets were part of traditional costume in most Islamic cultures, and were always originally worn in matching pairs. Silver ones like this, either solid or hollow, are typical of the traditional jewellery worn by the nomadic peoples of the Sahara. The polyhedral ends, made from a cube with the corners cut off, are often found on earrings as well as bracelets, and are one of the most distinctive aspects of the jewellery worn on the southern edges of the Sahara, from the Red Sea to the Atlantic. This example was described as âModern Egyptianâ when it was acquired by the Museum in 1904. The details of the decoration show that it comes from Nubia, the region overlapping the south of Egypt and northern Sudan.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Cast silver with applied filigree Silver Incising Filigree
Fiziksel açıklama	Heavy silver penannular bracelet of circular section with a cube, with truncated corners, as a terminal at each end. The three outside facets of each terminal are decorated with a lozenge of incised lines with a lobed ring in the centre, and the body of the bracelet has sections of chased and incised decoration separated by incised lines. There are three filigree lozenges applied to the outer edge, each containing a quatrefoil on which rests a large flattened knob, with a smaller flattened disc on each side in the two extreme corners of the lozenge. There is a small collar of three twisted wires between the terminal and the rest of the bracelet.

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Bangle

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1850

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Jewellery Africa Metalwork

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Diameter: 7cm, Height: 0.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 295-1904

Record ID 295-1904

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1850

Notes Bracelets were part of traditional costume in most Islamic cultures, and were always originally worn in matching pairs. Silver ones like this, either solid or hollow, are typical of the traditional jewellery worn by the nomadic peoples of the Sahara. The polyhedral ends, made from a cube with the corners cut off, are often found on earrings as well as bracelets, and are one of the most distinctive aspects of the jewellery worn on the southern edges of the Sahara, from the Red Sea to the Atlantic. This example was described as âModern Egyptianâ when it was acquired by the Museum in 1904. The details of the decoration show that it comes from Nubia, the region overlapping the south of Egypt and northern Sudan.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Cast silver with applied filigree Silver Incising Filigree

Fiziksel açıklama Heavy silver penannular bracelet of circular section with a cube, with truncated corners, as a terminal at each end. The three outside facets of each terminal are decorated with a lozenge of incised lines with a lobed ring in the centre, and the body of the bracelet has sections of chased and incised decoration separated by incised lines. There are three filigree lozenges applied to the outer edge, each containing a quatrefoil on which rests a large flattened knob, with a smaller flattened disc on each side in the two extreme corners of the lozenge. There is a small collar of three twisted wires between the terminal and the rest of the bracelet.