Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1850
Publication Place
Egypt (made) -
Subject
Jewellery Africa Metalwork
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Diameter: 2.8cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
270&A-1904
Record ID
270&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. Plain heavy silver ones, like these, are typical of the traditional jewellery worn by the nomadic peoples of the Sahara. The polyhedral end, made from a cube with the corners cut off, is often found on bracelets and anklets as well as earrings, and is one of the most distinctive aspects of the jewellery worn on the southern edges of the Sahara, from the Red Sea to the Atlantic. These were described as âModern Egyptianâ when they were acquired by the Museum in 1904, and probably come from the extreme south of the country or the Sudan. The cotton cord which links them together, originally red according to the acquisitions register, is a very rare survival, and shows how they would have been worn.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Cast silver linked by brown cotton thread Silver Cotton
Parçalar
Earring, Earring
Fiziksel açıklama
Pair of plain silver hoop earrings linked to each other by cotton cord. Each earring is made from a strip of thick silver wire with one plain end, and one made from a cube with the corners cut off. The three outer faces of the cube are each decorated with a stamped quatrefoil. The two earrings are joined together by a bunch of brown cotton threads which are wrapped tightly round each earring and then loosely knotted together.
