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"Silver Treasures from the Land of Sheba documents a disappearing artistic and cultural tradition with over three hundred photographs showing individual pieces, rare images of women wearing their jewelry with traditional dress, and the various regions in Yemen where the author did her field research. Ransom's descriptions of the people she met and befriended, and her exploration of the significance of a woman's handmade jewelry with its attributes of power, protection, beauty, and personal identity, will appeal to ethnic jewelry fans, ethnographers, jewelry designers, and art historians. Amulet cases, hair ornaments, bridal headdresses, earrings, necklaces, ankle and wrist bracelets are all beautifully photographed in intricate detail, interspersed with the author's own photographs of the women who shared their stories and their hospitality with her. A chapter on the history of silversmithing in Yemen tells the surprising story of the famed Jewish Yemeni silversmiths, many of whom left Yemen in the late 1940s. This is the first in-depth study of Yemeni silver, uniquely illustrated with photographs of a world that is transforming before our eyes, and animated with the portraits of a precious legacy."--
Sommario
Introduction
1. The Allure of Silver Jewelry
2. The Timeliness of This Study
3. Sources of Silver: The Maria Theresa Thaler
4. Regional Styles of Yemeni Jewelry and Costumes
The North
5. The Northern Mountains: Sanaa, Saada, Amran, Haraz, Mahwit, Jabal Milhan, and Hajja
6. Marib and the Jawf
7. Al-Bayda
8. Mountains near the Red Sea: Bur'a, Rayma, and Wasab
9. The Southern Mountains: Taiz, Hugariya, and Ibb
10. The Northern Tihama Coastal Plain: Adhra', Hawatim al-Tur, al-Dhahiyy, and Zaydiya
11. The Southern Tihama Coastal Plain: Bayt al-Faqih, Mawza, and Zabid
The South
12. Hadramaut: Sayyun
13. Wadi Amid
14. Wadi Daw'an
15. Wadi Idim
16. Southern Hadramaut: Shihr, the Southern Coast, and Socotra
17. Mahra
18. Shabwa: Habban and Ataq
19. Dali', Yafi', and Lahij
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Marjorie Ransom
Riassunto
The first illustrated study of ethnic silver jewelry in Yemen, by an expert researcher and collector, new in paperback
Silver Treasures from the Land of Sheba documents a disappearing artistic and cultural tradition with over three hundred photographs showing individual pieces, rare images of women wearing their jewelry with traditional dress, and the various regions in Yemen where the author did her field research. Ransom’s descriptions of the people she met and befriended, and her exploration of the significance of a woman’s handmade jewelry with its attributes of power, protection, beauty, and personal identity, will appeal to ethnic jewelry fans, ethnographers, jewelry designers, and art historians.
Amulet cases, hair ornaments, bridal headdresses, earrings, necklaces, ankle and wrist bracelets are all beautifully photographed in intricate detail, interspersed with the author’s own photographs of the women who shared their stories and their hospitality with her. A chapter on the history of silversmithing in Yemen tells the surprising story of the famed Jewish Yemeni silversmiths, many of whom left Yemen in the late 1940s. This is the first in-depth study of Yemeni silver, uniquely illustrated with photographs of a world that is transforming before our eyes, and animated with the portraits of a precious legacy.
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The first illustrated study of ethnic silver jewelry in Yemen, by an expert researcher and collector, new in paperback
