Nada's bracelet reminded me a little of zar jewelry so I though I would repost a discussion from Sigrid Van Roode's site.http://www.bedouinsilver.com/jewelry-from/jewelry-from-egypt/zar-amulets-from-egypt-examples/
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thank you for all the infos and photos. specialy the woman with jewelry, it is amazing as akkie wrote.
Amazing necklace. Looks like she has a pair of the defence bracelets, one on each arm.
Well, this has less to do with Zar than with the Rashaida, I just found this wonderful old pic of a Rashaida lady online and cannot help but share it with you -- Lots of the jewelry we have already seen before, but get a load of her necklace -- I don't think I have ever seen one that big except, perhaps, on Turkoman ladies. It looks very heavy and very Gulf. Has anybody every seen such an immense piece in person?
I note that she is also wearing a defense bracelet on her right arm and the usual Rashaida, Horn bracelets on her left.
You are welcome, Sigrid's site is so educational and beautiful. I had the pleasure of traveling with her at one time and she is very knowledgeable, especially about magic squares. Wish we could hear from her more!
That is so interesting Patricia. Thanks for pointing me to that article from Sigrid's site.
E kenoz sometimes has zar in his shop --some of the pieces have figures, some do not, so that may indicate that Nada's bracelet is well within the zar tradition.4g!2k~$(KGrHqEOKo4Ey+jCy+DNBMydbPVJnQ~~-1_1.JPG)
Here is a zar bracelet taken from her site.
It is interesting, she indicates that the Rashaida do wear such bracelets as do people near the Red Sea, so Nada's attribution was correct.