Description (Physical description)
The accretions found on pieces in this collection, in addition to the appearance of the silver, suggest to Anita Herle that the metal used is a mixture of silver and other metals, possibly among them copper.
Event Date 3/11/2004
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Context (Field collection)
Mrs. Barbara Spalding and her husband Michael worked as English teachers in Taiz, Yemen, from 1997-98 during which time she collected silver and talked to the men in the market silver shops.
Event Date 3/11/2004
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Round silver box with lid. The box has two bands of filigree work, one just above the base and one just below the top rim, and in between them is a band of bosses soldered on to the main body of the box. The lid is connected to the body by a chain. The lid is also decorated with a circle of raised bosses, the central sphere being where the chain is attached. Around this is a ring of decoration which consists of more filigree work.
Event Date 3/11/2004
Author: maa