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)
Small round silver box with separate lid, both elaborately decorated. The body of the box is covered in very intricate, fine filigree work, in which individual elements of a scroll are positioned side by side, some creating larger scroll motifs. The main elements are small, coloured stones set into this filigree work in red, dark red and blue. The lid, which fits over the box, has no filigree work, but has two levels of decoration. The lower level has simple, punched out pieces of metal attached. Above this is a circle of stones in dark red and blue, with a larger pale green stone at the centre. At least some of the ‘stones’ appear to be made of glass.
Event Date 3/11/2004
Author: maa