Yemeni Headband

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Yemeni Headband

Posted by kim price on September 30, 2011 at 10:55pm

any comments welcome, I am not familiar with these pieces.....

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Johanne October 1, 2011 at 12:15am

Yes ,it 's a headpiece . A nice similar piece is to see in the book Silver Speaks by Joyce Diamanti, but that one has two longer dangles at the ends.
kim price October 1, 2011 at 12:21am

thanks, yes I had seen that one, but can't find the book at the moment, for further reference.......Kathleen had a Kuchi attributed one in a similar stlye on here....... https://ethnicjewels.ning.com/photo/kuchi-21?context=user#!/photo/kuchi-16?context=user

it's very heavy, I can't imagine wearing that on my head!
kim price October 1, 2011 at 12:23am

odd, you need to enter entire URL or it brings up the wrong piece......
Patricia Deany October 1, 2011 at 2:17am

It is Yemeni, I have a similar one. I will see if I can add the pic here

https://ethnicjewels.ning.com/photo/silver-yemeni-headband?context=user They come in silver and in old metal, the silver is very heavy.
kim price October 1, 2011 at 2:39am

oh, thanks Patricia, not sure how much this weighs, my gram scale isn't large, all I can tell is that it is over 400 grams. I am pretty sure this isn't silver, just silver coloured. Any idea of age? I noticed the lower row of beads on mine is similar to yours. I find them to be very detailed to be made of non precious metal, but I guess they were made according to wealth. Does yours have coral also?
Patricia Deany October 1, 2011 at 12:41pm

I guess this is probably first half of 20th century. I really don't know composition of beads but my guess would be some sort of plastic as opposed to coral. I don't have the piece before me, but often they will mix resin stuff with silver. Actually, this was kind of expensive at the time I bought it because of the massive silver weight.
kim price October 2, 2011 at 3:19pm

Anna Garner just posted another piece on here that is also very similar, marked as a collar or headband. https://ethnicjewels.ning.com/photo/antique-yemen-woven-silver-back?...!/photo/antique-yemen-woven-silver-collar-or-headband?context=latest hers in silver looks more refined than mine in white metal? coin silver? It's nice to be able to do that sort of comparison on here. thanks all.....

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Yemeni Headband

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