Habbayat bracelet
Silver bracelet decorated in the tarmeel method, a local jewellery manufacturing method. It has three rows of small spheres and ends with a clasp.
Silver bracelet decorated in the tarmeel method, a local jewellery manufacturing method. It has three rows of small spheres and ends with a clasp.
A silver pendant used as an amulet, engraved with 'Mashallah' or "As God Wills" (used to invoke protection) from which five spheres (bells) hang.
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.
A wide silver collar, from which small spheres resembling bells hang. It ends with a clasp and was worn around the head or neck
A silver necklace comprised of seven short chains, hanging from which is a green bead ending with a large Ottoman silver coin. The necklace is specific to the Bethlehem region.
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.
Handmade amber necklace, interspersed with glass beads and silver spheres, and ending with a silver chain with a clasp.
A twisted bracelet of high-calibre silver, with an open clasp-less back and two ribbed heads.
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.
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.