Name of Object:

Bracelet

Location:

Tunis, Tunisia

Holding Institution:

Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires

 About Higher Institute for the Study of Contemporary History of Tunisia, University of Manouba, Tunis

Date of Object:

19th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Silver and gold

Description:

This silver bracelet, which is lined with gold and encrusted with roses, is made of a longer chain of openwork rosettes and framed by geometric motifs. A jagged gold leaf lines the inside of the bracelet. All the silver motifs are encrusted with roses. The two identical halves of the bracelet are joined by hinge and pin fastening topped by a large pearl.

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Jewellery

Citation of this web page:

Saloua Khadhar Zangar "Bracelet " in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tn;3;en

Prepared by: Saloua Khadhar Zangar
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: TN 003