Hand of Fatima earrings

NameEarrings

Artist Artist not recorded

Date19th century

Place madeAlgeria, Northern Africa, Africa

MediumGold

Dimensions2 1/2 × 13/16 × 1/2 in. (6.3 × 2 × 1.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.86.765ab

Object numberA.1955.86.765ab

Collections

DescriptionSemi-circular filigree unit, lacework of small gold stars, and pendants of "Fatima hands"; star and crescent moon at top; screw fastener.

Artist not recorded

19th century

Artist not recorded

early to mid 19th century

Artist not recorded

Late 19th -early 20th century

Artist not recorded

19th century

Jewish goldsmiths in Morocco

19th century

Artist not recorded

late 19th century

Artist not recorded

19th-early 20th Century

Artist not recorded

early 20th-mid 20th Century

Genaro Vargas

Arlene Cisneros Sena

2000