Sawar (bracelet)

NameBracelet

Dateca. 1900

Place madeMiddle East, Asia

Mediumsilver

Dimensionsoverall: 5.2 CM X 6.5 CM

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.1972.25.3 H

Collections

Palestinian Dress and Jewelry

DescriptionWide band with crude engravings; three large holes in design; design areas darkened.

FA. 72.25-3h Swar or Eṣawra (ca. 1900) (Fig. 47) This wide, open silver bracelet is decorated with engraved designs and set with semiprecious stones (now missing). There is a border of silver wire looped to give a cordlike effect. This type of bracelet is popular in many parts of the Arab world. In North Africa, this particular style is known as muqyāsa. 35 Height: 5.2 cm. Diameter: 6.9 cm. (Palestinian Costume and Jewelry, Yedida Kalfon Stillman, 1979 ISBN: 0-82630490-7).

Designs resemble a turtle, frog, or spider.