Ensemble de bijoux

Description

five-part,

a) necklace with amulet container; Ottoman (Kurdish(?)), South Anatolia, Syria; silver; cylindrical amulet container in repoussé technique and triangular element with glass cabochon, chains with numerous small silver plates, partly with stylised “khamsas”, amulet container l: 10.5 cm, d: 2.2 cm, weight: 76 g (amulet container)

b) pair of bracelets, Palestine, Bedouin, Negev desert, silver, cast and engraved, d: 5.5 / 6.2 cm (inside/outside), h: 2.2 cm, weight: 72 g & 73 g

c) face veil of a Bedouin woman, Palestine, Bedouin, Negev Desert and Egypt, Sinai Peninsula, red textile with black embroidered(?) ornaments, with numerous Ottoman costume and real coins (dated i. a. including 1293 H / 1876) made of silver, one gold and one copper coin, chains with various silver pendants, strings with glass beads and cowrie shells, h: 55 cm, w: 36 cm (without ribbon), weight: 859 g

An old, original and worn object of exceptional quality !

d) necklace of a Bedouin woman, Palestine, Bedouin, Negev Desert and Egypt, Sinai Peninsula, with braided polychrome ribbons and small shells / cowrie snailss, on metal chain, h: 16 cm (without chain), weight: 98 g

A rare original object, rarely found in collections !