bangle;
bracelet
- Museum number
- As2000,08.20
- Description
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Girl's bangle made of transparent twisted glass, decorated with two inner strands of twisted white and dark blue glass.
- Production date
- 1850s-1930s
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 5.50 centimetres
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Weight: 9 grammes
- Curator's comments
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BM Eth Doc 604 contains a leaflet: 'A Christian Ministry among the Jewish People' and a booklet: Barker, Walter (1983) 'A Foundation Opened', London, Olive Press.
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For a history of Islamic glass bangles see: Spaer, M. 1992. 'The Islamic Bracelets of Palestine: Preliminary Findings.' Journal of Glass Studies 34, 44-62; Boulogne, St. K., 2008, Les bijoux au Bilâd al-Shâm des Ayyoubides aux Ottomans: le cas des bracelets de verre coloré, étude comparative de matériel archéologique.(unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Sorbonne, Paris); Margreet Steiner, 'Islamic Glass Bracelets Found At Tell Abu Sarbut' in Steiner, Margreet L. and Eveline J. van der Steen (eds), 'Sacred and Sweet; Studies on the Material Culture of Tell Deir `Alla and Tell Abu Sarbut'. Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement Series 24, Uitgeverij Peeters, Leuven, pp. 231-240.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2000
- Acquisition notes
- Donated as part of a collection of glass jewellery, leather shoes and animal harnesses.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- As2000,08.20