Pair of Pins

NameBrooches

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Place madeNorth Africa, Africa

MediumSilver

Dimensionsa: 6 × 6 7/16 × 1/4 in. (15.2 × 16.3 × 0.7 cm)
b: 5 7/8 × 6 3/8 × 1/2 in. (15 × 16.2 × 1.2 cm)

Depth: pin end

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.86.670ab

Object numberA.1955.86.670ab

Collections

Africa.

DescriptionLarge in form of crescent, each pin having its won movable point, stamped with Arabic inscriptions; incised floral and symbolic motifs cover both sides of the pins. Diamond shaped knobs at pin-ends. One motif is a 6-pointed star; another is a crescent.