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)
Chunky silver necklace consisting of large, spherical silver beads, interspersed with ornate silver beads, from which dangle large jingles and cut-out pieces of metal. Each end terminates in an equally large conical bead and a chain. The necklace is fastened to a hook and eye, attached to the chain. At the centre is suspended a large, filigreed silver amulet-case in the shape of a capsule. Jingles and similar metal cut-outs also dangle from the case. The entire necklace is strung on a double length of blue string.
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)
Necklace, a silver chain with a conical shaped silver bead on either end. The chain of the necklace is made by alternating between plain spherical beads and very small round silver balls soldered together to form a cubic shape. From the centre of the necklace hangs an amulet case pendant, or hirz, decorated with granulation. From the amulet hang multiple links ending in two silver balls and a punched out tulip shaped piece of metal, this hanging decoration is also found hanging from the cubic beads along the chain of the necklace. They are strung on blue string.

Event Date 9/6/2023
Author: Stephanie Chinneck