Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1839
Publication Place
Egypt (made) -
Subject
Jewellery Africa Metalwork
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Width: 6cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1113-1869
Record ID
1113-1869
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1839
Notes
This was described as a bracelet when it was acquired by the Museum in 1869 but it is more likely to be a childâs anklet. The loose pendant bells, always of an odd number, served the double purpose of allowing the infantâs mother to keep track of its location while simultaneously scaring away any evil spirits. Bells were rarely attached to stiff bracelets of this shape. Anklets similar to this were worn over a wide area, but the facetted polyhedral ends are characteristic of many kinds of jewellery worn by the tribal populations of North Africa, Syria and Arabia. This example was acquired in Cairo and described as âModern Egyptianâ.
Sample Text
'Ù¨Ù ', a crescent and a stylised lion, in an oval frame.Transliteration80TranslationMark for 800 standard silver, Egypt, c.1839-1920.NoteOn one terminal., 'Ù¨Ù ' over wavy line with a loop at the right end, in square frame.Transliteration80MTranslationMark for 800 standard silver.NoteOn other terminal.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silver Silver
Fiziksel açıklama
Silver penannular bracelet made from a strip of silver wire with facetted cubic terminals at each end. There are nine loops attached to the bracelet, each of which holds a pendent bell.
