anklet
- Museum number
- 2012,6010.67
- Description
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Single, broad flat silver anklet (habus), made up of a series of interconnected vertical pieces (senduq) decorated with diamond-shaped motifs. The two rectangular end plaques are decorated with stamped floral and applied circular motifs and stamped borders. The anklet fastens together with a pin (al-mil) attached to a chain. Worn in pairs and associated with the women of the coastal towns and villages of Dhofar.
- Production date
- 1950s
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.50 centimetres
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Length: 19.50 centimetres
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Weight: 91 grammes
- Curator's comments
- According to Miranda Morris, 'The wearing of anklets was rare in the mountain regions of Dhofar. In the coastal towns and villages, however, one style of anklet was quite common. This was the habus...a very broad anklet made up of a series of joined vertical sections individually called senduq, the number of which was determined by the thickness of the woman's ankle...Plain silver anklets were popular in Dhofar's deserts, and were also occasionally worn in coastal towns and villages, though not in the interior mountains.' Miranda Morris and Pauline Shelton, 'Oman Adorned: A Portrait in Silver' (Muscat, 1997), p.287. For similar examples see: Neil Richardson and Marcia Dorr, 'The Craft Heritage of Oman' (Dubai, 2003); Ruth Hawley, 'Silver: The Traditional Art of Oman' (London, 2000); Jehan S. Rajab, 'Silver Jewellery of Oman' (Kuwait, 1997); and A. Forster, 'Disappearing Treasures of Oman' (Clevedon, 1998);
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair
- Acquisition date
- 2012
- Acquisition notes
- This object is part of a collection of mid-20th-century silver items (2012,6010.1 ff.) acquired in Oman between 1984-1995. This collection was acquired in southern Oman in the markets of Salalah, Dhofar.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 2012,6010.67
