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| Keywords: Shm Sharayan - Woman's Headband - Walters 572310 - Detail A.jpg The headband consists of a flexible interlaced silver band with square endpieces each with rosette-shaped knob that fastens the band inside the terminals The band is decorated with a large central rosette in the center which is combined with a smaller rosette and a dangle below Two smaller disk with rosettes on each side of the large central rosette are directly attached to the band In addition between end-pieces discs and the central rosette are four combinations of rhombic elements flanked by slim bars with a five-disc motif each of which is attached to a movable retainer The rhombic elements are decorated with smaller rhombs in the center enclosed by rings and disks The decoration of the attachments is made in filigree technique; the large central rosette is worked in repoussé Hanging down from the band are forty-five multi-element dangles which combine rings disks and small cuboids At the back of one endpiece is a stamp with the Arabic date nusfi 128 7 the term nusfi means half In this year al-Hadi Galib ruled in Sana a' but also Saykh Muhsin b Ali Mu'id It was one year before the second Ottoman occupation of Yemen began On the back of the other end-piece is an engraved Hebrew inscription that names the silversmith Shm uel Sharayan mahasit The term mahasit means half 1287 AH/AD 1870-1871 silver with gilding L 19 1/2 x W of end-pieces 1 1/2 in 49 5 x 3 8 cm accession number 57 2310 80914 Mr Benjamin Zucker Zucker Family Trust and Mr Derek Content New York and London by purchase Walters Art Museum Joint gift to the Walters Art Museum Baltimore and the Israel Museum Jerusalem by Mr Benjamin Zucker and Mr Derek Content in honor of Mrs Barbara Zucker and Mrs Amanda Content 2010 Stamp Arabic nusfi 128 7 AH Engraving Hebrew Sm uel Sarayan mahasit place of origin Raydah Yemen Walters Art Museum license Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum Shm Sharayan Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
