Yazar
Unknown
Basım Tarihi
1856
Basım Yeri
Tunisia (made) -
Konu
Jewellery Metalwork Africa
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Width: 5.4cm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
319&A-1904
Kayıt Numarası
319&A-1904
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
1856
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 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.
Örnek Metin
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