Collection of pieces of silver Bedouin jewelry. Yemen, [19th and 20th centuries].
1. Forehead ornament (or headband). [19th century]. Leather band, to which eighteen decorated silver plates are attached, nine of them inlaid with coral beads. An 18th-century Maria Theresa Thaler (MTT) silver coin has been substituted for one of the original silver plates. Approx. 64X5 cm. Wear to leather strap; torn into two pieces.
2-3. Two forehead ornaments (or headbands). Net-like; composed of small square and round silver links, some convex, and some with suspended hamsa-like pendants. Clasps at either end decorated in silver thread and granulation. 36X6 cm. 37X6 cm.
4-5. Pair of head ornaments / earrings. Spherical, silver thread and granulation, and with diamond-shaped silver plaques. Long chains, with delicate flower-shaped pendants at their ends, dangle from spheres.
6. Nose ring. Approx. 5 cm.
7. Braided chain. Was most likely an element in a head ornament set, and made to support an assortment of suspended pendants and ornaments. 68 cm.