Context (Acquisition Details)
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)
Silver finger-ring, with detail all over band and a spherical silver centre-piece. The detail consists of small raised circles created by wire coils, surmounted by small silver balls. There is a small ring at the centre of the sphere, which could formerly have been used for suspending a pendant or for suspending the ring.
Event Date 3/11/2004
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
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 30/11/2004
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

Description (Physical description)
Silver finger ring, with a globe shape in the centre with two diamond shapes connecting the sides of the globe with the band. The band is decorated with small silver balls surrounded by wire coils.

Event Date 8/6/2023
Author: Stephanie Chinneck