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Regional Jewellery
The
Tareq Rajab Museum is considered to be the leading museum specialising in
Silver Folk jewellery, it houses around 12,000 pieces in which only 2,000
are on display. The Museum also has a very fine and rare collection of gold
jewellery. In the Gold Room the displays go as far back as the pre Islamic
period and are mainly from the Middle East although there is a section on
non Islamic, Roman and Byzantine that shows the links with the Islamic
Ornaments.
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example of a very important piece in the Gold Room is a large gold necklace
with Qur’anic inscriptions. The family, to whom it originally belonged to,
maintained that it was a presented to their ancestors by the Sultan of
Zanzibar and Oman for services rendered. A photograph hanging next to the
piece in the Museum shows Princess Salme wea ring
what appears to be an identical necklace to the one in the Museum.
Another very fine piece is a
Fatmid Pendent form Egypt, dating around the 10th / 11th
Century. The necklace itself was possibly served as a container for a small
Quran or a text of prophylactic character.
A striking gold neckpiece which is
set in with diamonds, rubies, emeralds and pearls makes a wonderful example
of Mughal jewellery from the 18th century. On the reverse side,
the neckpiece has fine enamel work which is ju st
as beautiful as the front.
As well as neckpieces the gold room
has rare pieces of earrings, rings and bracelets.
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This particular Fatmid gold bracelet dated around the 11th Century
from Syria or possibly Egypt, shows the unique work of the crafts
man of that time.
The Museum jewellery
section has mainly concentrated on Silver folk pieces from
around the Arab / Islamic world, and is a major resource centre
for information relating to all types of people and their
jewellery, whether it is the tribes, or the rich upper class of
society. The pieces on show bears witness to the taste of
cultures and technical skills of that certain period and it
shows a wealth of craftsmanship that unfortunately in most of
the Arab world has now diminished
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This fine wedding
necklace of gold washed silver and coral dated 1890/ 1900 AD originated from
Yemen.
A striking section of
jewellery on display is the huge pieces of silver enamel work consisting of
neckpieces bracelets, rings and head attire.
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the Amir of Bohara in central Asia and were made around 1880s to
1900. One of the pieces measures 140cm in length and 45cm in
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