Antique Bawsani Yemen dangling Bells silver Earrings yemeni jewelry,
Bells is a traditional jewish yemeni technique, done showing the craftsmen expertise, and lovely dangling silver bells to avoid bad spirits. All Yemeni jewellery is used as a talisman to protect the wearer. Measures
3'' inches long including the dangles by .1'' inches wide Good condition with usual dents Collectible and useful as jewelry supplies In its original setting, this piece would have hung among other such pendants, beads and coins on the neck of a wedding necklace made as bride wealth as was the custom in Yemen in the 1900s. It might have been attached to a fabric backing for the headpiece of the bride or it may have hung from the bottom strand of multiple rows of silver and amber beads, as we see in wedding photos and museum displays of Yemeni bridal dowries
Bells is a traditional jewish yemeni technique, done showing the craftsmen expertise, and lovely dangling silver bells to avoid bad spirits. All Yemeni jewellery is used as a talisman to protect the wearer. Measures
3'' inches long including the dangles by .1'' inches wide Good condition with usual dents Collectible and useful as jewelry supplies In its original setting, this piece would have hung among other such pendants, beads and coins on the neck of a wedding necklace made as bride wealth as was the custom in Yemen in the 1900s. It might have been attached to a fabric backing for the headpiece of the bride or it may have hung from the bottom strand of multiple rows of silver and amber beads, as we see in wedding photos and museum displays of Yemeni bridal dowries