Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
Two Pairs of Silver Bedouin Bracelets – Protection against Scorpions and Spiders
Opening: $200
Unsold
Four silver "saba' wiyat" or "dakket il-'aqrabe" Bedouin bracelets. Villages in Gaza, Sinai and south Palestine, [first decades of 20th century].
Silver, cast, engraved, and punched.
Two pairs of bracelets with recurrent patterns, in a form reminiscent of the shape of a scorpion or spider (giving the bracelets something of an amuletic property).
6X4 cm. 6.5X4 cm.
Reference: Pracht und Geheimnis, item nos. 382-84.
Silver, cast, engraved, and punched.
Two pairs of bracelets with recurrent patterns, in a form reminiscent of the shape of a scorpion or spider (giving the bracelets something of an amuletic property).
6X4 cm. 6.5X4 cm.
Reference: Pracht und Geheimnis, item nos. 382-84.
Palestine
Palestine