The Palestinian Museum permanent collection

Pendant

A silver pendant used as an amulet, engraved with 'Mashallah' or "As God Wills" (used to invoke protection) from which five spheres (bells) hang.

Braided Egyptian bracelet

A broad handcrafted bracelet of high-calibre silver consisting of five parts, including two unengraved edges and three braided middle sections, two thin and one thick. The bracelet bears a stamp that determines the quality of silver. It was widespread in the Naqab desert, and its design was influenced by European bracelets.

Bracelet

A broad silver bracelet, decorated and engraved in the centre with a row of roses. It is clasp-less and has an open back that resembles teeth.

Clove necklace

A necklace of dried cloves, beads, coral, and amber, which women used to wear as an accessory as well as a form of spiritual protection from destructive envy (known as hasad or the evil eye) and evil spirits. Cloves were believed to have the ability to expel these spirits, so mothers would hang them on the clothes of their families, and thus were widely used in making necklaces and pendants.

Braided Egyptian bracelet

A broad handcrafted bracelet of high-calibre silver consisting of five parts, including two unengraved edges and three braided middle sections, two thin and one thick. The bracelet bears a stamp that determines the quality of silver. It was widespread in the Naqab desert, and its design was influenced by European bracelets.