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Set of 5 triangular ends of chin chain03.05.1071
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Gilded or gold foil on silver
- Elements for individual jewelry design
- Excellent overall condition
A set of 5 triangular ends with a tear-drop shaped hook to attach them to the head cloth. Ideal for jewelery making or as independant pendant.
Pair of earrings of unknown origin03.04.1070
- High silver content - acid-tested
- Jewelry for collection or exquisite wearing.
- Excellent overall condition
beautiful pair of errings ollected in Oman, but may be imported from India
Pair of Omani earrings03.04.1069
- Aloy with poor silver content
- Excellent overall condition
- Jewelry ready and easy to wear
Pair of triangular ends of chin chain03.05.1068
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Gilded or gold foil on silver
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Elements for individual jewelry design
- Fair condition (some missing, broken or repaired parts, see pictures)
The piece consists of two decorated triangular ends with a tear -drop shaped hook to attach them to the head cloth. On one triangle there is a missing applique (see picture).
Two silver elements 03.05.1067
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Tested
- Elements for individual jewelry design
- Excellent overall condition
These silver elements are probably part of chin chain or a headdress.
Yemeni or Omani ear- or nosering03.04.1066
- Aloy with poor silver content
- Coral
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Elements for individual jewelry design
- Jewelry for collection or exquisite wearing.
Small nose or ear ring, silver alloy with 2 nice coral beads
Yemeni earring03.04.1065
- High silver content - acid-tested
- Aloy with poor silver content
- Jewelry for collection or exquisite wearing.
- Excellent overall condition
Collected in Yemen, precise origin (tribe) unknown. Partly in pur silver and others, ring, not.
Yemeni earring03.04.1064
- High silver content - acid-tested
- Coral
- Excellent overall condition
- Jewelry ready and easy to wear
Very fine silver earring with corals, collected in the 1970ties in Yemen.
Yemeni earring03.04.1063
- High silver content - acid-tested
- Aloy with poor silver content
- Coral
- Fair condition (some missing, broken or repaired parts, see pictures)
- Jewelry ready and easy to wear
Very fine silver earring with corals, collected in the 1970ties in Yemen.
Yemeni Wooden shrine, Incense Burner03.07.611
- Wood
- Antiques (object shows signs of long use)
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
- Excellent overall condition
Extraordinary and rare antique wooden incense burner or lamp. A beautifully designed piece with its original patina. no reference could be found about this item.
Yemeni Incense Burner03.07.610
- Silver
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
- Antiques (object shows signs of long use)
Rare Omani silver incense burner. Formerly in constant use, but nowadays only for ceremonial purposes. A silver tong is connected to a chain which allows handling the glowing coal when burning incense. Incense mostly used is the gum of the Frankincense tree.The Incense Burner made by one of Nizwa's most recognized silversmith.
Pair of Rashaïda bracelets with picks and dangles02.01.428
- Gilded or gold foil on silver
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
total width: 120 mm ; openings 20 mm Weight: 347 for both
Highly decorative silver bracelet with gold guilted strips; 3 picks, and dangles. Very small opening (20 mm) those difficult to werar.
Rashaïda bracelet with picks and dangles02.01.427
- Silver 85 to 90%
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Richly decorated bracelet from Ethiopia /Eritrea. probably Yemeni origin.
Very small opening making it difficult to wear, but highly decorative.
No reference (bibliography or web) could be found
Large hinged Rashaïda cuff02.01.421
- Aloy with poor silver content
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Jewelry ready and easy to wear
Width: 85 mm Weight: 203 gr
Large an rich decorated cuff worn by both Nubian and Rashaida tribe women (originating from the Arabian Peninsula and living in Eritrea, Ethiopia as well as Egypt and Nubia). It is hinged and closes with a push pin mechanism. In good vintage condition.
Upper Arm Bracelet in al-Dahiyy style02.01.324
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
- Fair condition (some missing, broken or repaired parts, see pictures)
Width exterior: 132 mm
Diameter Bracelet: 30 mm
Weight: 712 gr
A pair of heavy and rare upper arm bracelets from Yemen. Called also damlaj, such a bracelet was worn by women in Yemen’s Mahwit Province and Rashida womenon both shores of the Red Sea They are of hollow cast silver, tested over 900%0 with spiky cones on both faces and they are surmounted at the top with a massive silver band with 3 rows of 3 massive spheres each. On one bracelet one sphere is missing but nothing detracts from its beauty. Origine: bought from a Yemeni silversmith in Asmara (Eritrea) in the 1970 ties.
Pair of Silver upper arm Bracelet Yemen and Nubia02.01.325
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Fair condition (some missing, broken or repaired parts, see pictures)
Width exterior: 132 mm
Diameter Bracelet: 28 mm
Weight: 364 gr
This bracelet made from a hollow tube, adorned with granulation's and filigree. A diamond shaped plate with engravings is fixed where both ends join. Great quality of workmanship and superb patina.
In good conditions but sign of years of intensive use.
Pair of Rashaida Khalakhil Anklets02.01.326
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Diameter Bracelet: 26 mm
Weight: 257 gr
Despite their massive appearance this hollow C-shaped anklets are quite light. They always have polyhedral pommels with stars and dots punched onto the rectangular face. Beside the Rashaida tribe in Eritrea and Sudan, the Fellahin women of upper Egypt wear similar anklets. These anklets are part of a dowry of a Rashaida bride by the grome. Often when these items do get back into the trades line, they do get separated. complete airs are difficult to fond.
Upper arm bracelet from Yemen and Nubia02.01.327
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Width exterior: 115 mm
Diameter Bracelet: 20-22 mm
Weight: 87 gr
This bracelet made from a hollow tube, adorned with granulation's and filigree. A diamond shaped plate with engravings is fixed where both ends join. Great quality of workmanship and superb patina. The bracelets have be worn, traditionally above the elbow. In good conditions but sign of years of intensive use. It is part of the dowry given to a RashAida bride by the groom.
Upper arm bracelet from Yemen and Nubia02.01.328
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Width exterior: 107 mm
Diameter Bracelet: 20 mm
Weight: 120 gr
This bracelet made from a hollow tube, adorned with granulation's and filigree. A diamond shaped plate with engravings is fixed where both ends join. Great quality of workmanship and superb patina. The bracelets have be worn, traditionally above the elbow. In good conditions but sign of years of intensive use. It is part of the dowry given to a RashAida bride by the groom.
Upper arm bracelet from Yemen and Nubia02.01.329
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Width exterior: 110 mm
Diameter Bracelet: 21 mm
Weight: 133 gr
This bracelet made from a hollow tube, adorned with granulation's and filigree. A diamond shaped plate with engravings is fixed where both ends join. Great quality of workmanship and superb patina. The bracelets have be worn, traditionally above the elbow. In good conditions but sign of years of intensive use. It is part of the dowry given to a RashAida bride by the groom.
Upper arm bracelet from Yemen and Nubia02.01.330
- Silver 90 - 95%
Width exterior: 118 mm
Diameter Bracelet: 19 mm
Weight: 151 gr
This bracelet made from a hollow tube, adorned with granulation's and filigree. A diamond shaped plate with engravings is fixed where both ends join. Great quality of workmanship and superb patina. The bracelets have be worn, traditionally above the elbow. In good conditions but sign of years of intensive use. It is part of the dowry given to a RashAida bride by the groom.
Pair of Rashaida Khalakhil Anklets02.01.331
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
Diameter Bracelet: 31 mm Weight: 455 gr
Despite their massive appearance this hollow C-shaped anklets are quite light. They always have polyhedral pommels with stars and dots punched onto the rectangular face. Beside the Rashaida tribe in Eritrea and Sudan, the Fellahin women of upper Egypt wear similar anklets.
Pair of upper arm bracelets from Yemen02.01.332
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
Width exterior: 120 mm
Diameter Bracelet: 27 mm
Weight: 505 gr
A pair of heavy and rare upper arm bracelets from Yemen. They are of hollow cast silver, tested over 900%0 with spiky cones on both faces and they are surmounted at the top with a massive silver band with 3 rows of 3 massive spheres each.
Single Rashaida Khalakhil Anklet02.01.333
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Diameter Bracelet: 25 mm Weight: 123 gr
Despite their massive appearance this hollow C-shaped anklets are quite light. They always have polyhedral pommels with stars and dots punched onto the rectangular face. Beside the Rashaida tribe in Eritrea and Sudan, the Fellah women of upper Egypt wear similar anklets.
Pair of Rashaida Khalakhil Anklets02.01.334
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Diameter Bracelet: 26-31 mm Weight: 322 gr
Despite their massive appearance this hollow C-shaped anklets are quite light. They always have polyhedral pommels with stars and dots punched onto the rectangular face. Beside the Rashaida tribe in
Eritrea and
Sudan, the Fellahin women of upper Egypt wear similar anklets.
Single Rashaida Khalakhil Anklet02.01.335
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Diameter Bracelet: 25 mm Weight: 151 gr
Despite their massive appearance this hollow C-shaped anklets are quite light. They always have polyhedral pommels with stars and dots punched onto the rectangular face. Beside the Rashaida tribe in Eritrea and Sudan, the Fellahin women of upper Egypt wear similar anklets.
Single Rashaida Khalakhil Anklet02.01.336
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Diameter Bracelet: 25 - 29 mm Weight: 193 gr
Despite their massive appearance this hollow C-shaped anklets are quite light. They always have polyhedral pommels with stars and dots punched onto the rectangular face. Beside the Rashaida tribe in
Eritrea and
Sudan, the Fellahin women of upper Egypt wear similar anklets.
Samad style "Hirz" necklace from Oman.03.01.110
- Aloy with poor silver content
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Overall: 400 mm
Weight: 380 gr
The geometrical design has diamonds around a blank central portion. The Qur'an box has a central bead on top of the hirz and is strung to a rope. On the rope they are 12 silver beads, 2 silver cylinder and 2 decorated round medallion. The Samand hirz are commonly found in the Sharqiyah and or Nizwa area. The box has twenty silver chains suspended from it and each of these terminates with silver losange. The box opens at one end to allow slips of paper inscribed with protective Koran verses to be slipped inside.The necklace comprises a thick, twisted wool cord clad for the most part with thick silver beads decorated with granulation and other work.
Omani triangular " Digg" necklace03.01.111
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Cotton
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Overall length 280 mm
Weight: 494 gr
This type of necklace is worn by Bedouin women in Central Oman. The rigid bar which lays across the breast has a large central bead. On each side of the central bead are 2 red glass beads. The horizontal part ends with a heavy bunch of twisted strands of tiny silver beads. At the end of the bunched strands are two large silver beads in between them a small silver "hirz" an amulet box (50 X 25 mm). The necklace is threaded on a thick rope of cotton
Large triangular Omani Digg necklace03.01.112
- Silver 90 - 95%
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
Overall length 400 mm
Weight: 695 gr
This type of necklace is worn by Bedouin women in Central Oman. The digg necklace sits quite low across the bosom those allowing closer fitting necklaces to wear at the same time. Today it's rare to find these necklaces with real large coral beads.