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Earring

Title	Earring
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1856
Publication Place	Tunisia (made) -
Subject	Jewellery Metalwork Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Width: 5.4cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	319&A-1904
Record ID	319&A-1904
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1856
Notes	The traditional jewellery of the Berber tribes of North Africa is almost always made of silver in heavy, clearly-defined shapes. Although individual pieces rarely date back any earlier than the 19th century, the designs are very old, and European observers liked to find traces of Roman or Phoenician influence. Earrings like this, with a large hoop and decorative end, are found throughout the Maghreb. This design, of a stylised snakeâs head, comes from Tunisia. It was worn with a cord connecting the two holes at the ends, which was often decorated with beads, pendants, or a small cylindrical amulet case.
Sample Text	Traces of illegible mark in Arabic.TranslationPossibly a town mark.NoteOn flat part by snake's head., Partial long mark with Arabic character.TranslationMark for 900 standard silver 1856-1905.NoteOn hoop.
Tarihsel bağlam	'Tunisian jewellery includes a wide variety of hoops, often very large; the circle, with its range of symbolic meanings, offers numerous possibilities for decoration, which may be geometric, cosmic or zoomorphic, like the serpent's heads seen above, of which Tunisian women are extremely fond.' A World of Earrings , Anne Van Cutsem, Milan: Skira, 2001, p.36
Malzemeler ve teknikler	silver Silver
Parçalar	Earring, Earring
Fiziksel açıklama	Pair of silver hoop earrings made of plain wire, each flattened at one end and pierced with a hole. The other end has a lozenge of flat sheet silver attached with a hollow, highly stylised, snakeâs head on the front and a hole at the end.
Üretim	Possibly Tunisia

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Earring

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1856

Publication Place Tunisia (made) -

Subject Jewellery Metalwork Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Width: 5.4cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 319&A-1904

Record ID 319&A-1904

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1856

Notes The traditional jewellery of the Berber tribes of North Africa is almost always made of silver in heavy, clearly-defined shapes. Although individual pieces rarely date back any earlier than the 19th century, the designs are very old, and European observers liked to find traces of Roman or Phoenician influence. Earrings like this, with a large hoop and decorative end, are found throughout the Maghreb. This design, of a stylised snakeâs head, comes from Tunisia. It was worn with a cord connecting the two holes at the ends, which was often decorated with beads, pendants, or a small cylindrical amulet case.

Sample Text Traces of illegible mark in Arabic.TranslationPossibly a town mark.NoteOn flat part by snake's head., Partial long mark with Arabic character.TranslationMark for 900 standard silver 1856-1905.NoteOn hoop.

Tarihsel bağlam 'Tunisian jewellery includes a wide variety of hoops, often very large; the circle, with its range of symbolic meanings, offers numerous possibilities for decoration, which may be geometric, cosmic or zoomorphic, like the serpent's heads seen above, of which Tunisian women are extremely fond.' A World of Earrings , Anne Van Cutsem, Milan: Skira, 2001, p.36

Malzemeler ve teknikler silver Silver

Parçalar Earring, Earring

Fiziksel açıklama Pair of silver hoop earrings made of plain wire, each flattened at one end and pierced with a hole. The other end has a lozenge of flat sheet silver attached with a hollow, highly stylised, snakeâs head on the front and a hole at the end.

Üretim Possibly Tunisia