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Possibly Baluchi? I know the workmanship is something between Omani and Afghani work (influenced both ways there). It is lovely!
Thank you Hillary. You know I think it may well be Omani and an anklet (it rattles), a very rare one from Dhofar. The previous owner said it was from the 18th century so it might be that rare one. I just don't know about the use of turquoise in Omani jewelry. I don't have enough knowledge so I would appreciate input from Omani jewelry experts.
The wire wrap that hugs the turquoises on the main portion is very Omani. We had a large Omani bracelet that was hollow and had cornerless cube knobs and it also had this same decorative wirework.
From what I've read, there was a large Baloch community in Oman. Balochistan is a province in SW Pakistan. Another EJ member sells items and he has this listing:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/117830466/bedouin-balochistan-silver-et...
Again, I think that the piece you have has different construction that the bracelet in the link above and it could be that a Balochi silversmith made it for the Omani market, or an Omani silversmith made it for the Balochi market as the wire-wrapping is very Omani to me, while the turquoise is not. A special piece to be sure! Below you can see the bracelet we had....
Does not look Omani to me, maybe Harald can tell us more??
It's from Iran :-)