Yazar
Unknown (made)
Basım Tarihi
1800
Basım Yeri
Egypt (made) -
Konu
Jewellery Metalwork Africa
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Diameter: 6.2cm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
949&A-1884
Kayıt Numarası
949&A-1884
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
1800
Notlar
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 in the 19th century were particularly large, and are sometimes mistaken for bangles today. The decorative bead in the centre would have made it very uncomfortable to wear these on the wrist, and the hook fastening is the kind which was always used for earrings, not bangles. These were obtained in Cairo, and described as âSaracenicâ when they were acquired by the Museum in 1884. Egypt was the main production centre for jewellery for use by the nomadic tribes of the region, who obtained all their jewellery from specialist urban silversmiths.
İlişki
Paris International Exhibition, 1878 Gaston De Saint-Maurice
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silver Silver
Parçalar
Bracelet, Bracelet
Fiziksel açıklama
Pair of earrings, each consisting of a hoop of thick silver wire with one end twisted to form a hook and the other a loop. The lower portion of the hoop, just behind the loop, is decorated with a large hollow oval bead threaded on the hoop, with a short length of the hoop on either side of it wrapped in finer wire to hold it in place. The bead is lightly facetted all over and is decorated with a double band of gallery wire round its centre, and a small triangle, made of short lengths of coiled wire, attached at the bottom. There is a similar triangle attached to the lower edge of each of the bands of wire wrapped round the hoop.