The Palestinian Museum permanent collection

A handcrafted bracelet of pure silver. It is without a clasp, has eye-like protrusions, and was worn to indicate that the woman wearing it was breastfeeding.

Silver bracelet decorated in the 'tarmeel' method, a local jewellery manufacturing method. It has circles of roses and diamond shapes 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 traditional silver necklace adorned with Ottoman and Austrian coins and worn in several regions throughout Palestine.

A silver necklace comprised of seven short chains, dangling from which are a red amber bead and 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.

A necklace of yellow amber, consisting of beads of different sizes arranged side by side, and ending with a silver chain with a clasp.

A wedding thobe (dress) from the Jerusalem and Bethlehem area. Also known as the Abu Qutba or Janna wa Nar (Heaven and Hell) thobe, it is made of cotton and linen in the colours of red, green, and orange and Ottoman cloth. The chest panel of the thobe was made of different fabrics before being attached and was embroidered with tahriri stitches (couching) with gilded and silk threads dominated by fuchsia, pink, blue, and green colours. Neither the front and back panels of the thobe nor the shoulders bear any tatreez (embroidery).

A tatreez (embroidery) pattern of multiple motifs including the feather motif and the word Palestine in English. The pattern uses green, pink, and red silk threads.