bracelet
- Museum number
- 2012,6030.6
- Description
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Wide hinged silver bracelet made of a sheet of silver that is entirely decorated with intricate chased and punched designs including hearts, floral and vegetal motifs, beaded wire, braided wire and a band of pointed bosses on each end. Closed with a long silver pin. Usually worn in paired sets.
- Production date
- 1900s-1920s (Omani sultanate period)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 5.50 centimetres (narrower end)
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Height: 7.30 centimetres
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Weight: 89 grammes
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Width: 6.20 centimetres (wider end)
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair
- Acquisition date
- 2012
- Acquisition notes
- This object is part of a large collection of items donated by Leila Ingrams in 2012 (2012,6030.1ff). Some were collected by her parents, Doreen and Harold Ingrams, between the 1920s-40s and others by Leila herself from the 1980s-2005 on the island of Zanzibar and in Hadramawt, Yemen.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 2012,6030.6