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Hair pin

Title	Hair pin
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1850
Publication Place	Yemen (made) -
Subject	Jewellery Metalwork
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 18cm, Width: 2cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	335-1904
Record ID	335-1904
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1850
Notes	This pin was part of a large bequest of Oriental Silver Ornaments received by the Museum in 1904. It was described as a modern Egyptian hair pin. It may have been acquired in Egypt, but hair pins like this were not worn with any traditional costume in Egypt at that time. It is more likely that it was put together for western visitors. It may have been made in the Yemen, as the filigree disc which forms the head rests on a Yemeni tut bead, and was probably a pendant in a Yemeni necklace itself.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Silver with open and applied filigree Silver Filigree
Fiziksel açıklama	Long silver pin with a flat filigree head. The head is shaped like a crescent with a triangle protruding between the horns which is attached to the top of the pin. It is made of sheet silver with a filigree pattern applied to the front, with an empty setting for a stone in the centre. There are five loops attached to the top of the crescent, from each of which hangs an S-shaped link with a flat open filigree pendant. The head rests on a bead made from pyramids of granules.

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Hair pin

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1850

Publication Place Yemen (made) -

Subject Jewellery Metalwork

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 18cm, Width: 2cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 335-1904

Record ID 335-1904

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1850

Notes This pin was part of a large bequest of Oriental Silver Ornaments received by the Museum in 1904. It was described as a modern Egyptian hair pin. It may have been acquired in Egypt, but hair pins like this were not worn with any traditional costume in Egypt at that time. It is more likely that it was put together for western visitors. It may have been made in the Yemen, as the filigree disc which forms the head rests on a Yemeni tut bead, and was probably a pendant in a Yemeni necklace itself.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Silver with open and applied filigree Silver Filigree

Fiziksel açıklama Long silver pin with a flat filigree head. The head is shaped like a crescent with a triangle protruding between the horns which is attached to the top of the pin. It is made of sheet silver with a filigree pattern applied to the front, with an empty setting for a stone in the centre. There are five loops attached to the top of the crescent, from each of which hangs an S-shaped link with a flat open filigree pendant. The head rests on a bead made from pyramids of granules.