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Spectacular pair. They have that ethereal quality of old worn silver, filigree, and many stories to tell. You did fabulously well! Where on your arms do they sit?
Thank you, Lynn.
They are not as spectacular as the ones shown by Peter recently, but I am still very happy to have found then. To wear them I have to push them up towards the elbow, but I cannot wear them on the upper arm.
Dear Betty, what a strong characterful set of cuffs or armlets. I think armlets. Very well disciplined pattern with all the Yemen and Ethiopian facets on them. I do have one on them from Ethiopia without the lovely roset. What happened to you are you gaining weight? you could sport the smallest bracelets.
I am just pulling your leg. I like them very much, and can just see them being worn on the upper arm.
and makin a strong but charming picutre. Gr. Ingrid.
Beautiful pair with very attractive combination of granulation and filigree. very nice indeed to have.
Congratulations for thepair
Thank you Mustafa, I was lucky to find them. The seller offered them separately though they are definitely a matched pair.
they are absolutely gorgeous!!!!!
Gorgeous and so lucky you could secure the pair.
I am thinking the upper arm jewels are not alien to the whole perimeter of the red sea, from the Sinai beduins to the Somali coast...but i have only seen bracelets made of amber beads or amber imitation worn in this part of the body (based on old postcads)....
Marjorie Ransom do place then in Saada, north Yemen and label them as upper arm bracelets (damlaj)...on is also partly visible on the front cover of her book
Thank you Alaa - when I first saw them Marjorie Ransoms book cover immediately came to my mind :-)
Maybe they were simply worn pushed up high on the lower arm (I believe there is another type of bracelet in Ransom's book that is worn that way by a lady, but I am not sure). There must surely be a reason why these are so large compared to most Yemeni bracelets (especially the hinged ones that are rather on the small side. I'll keep on looking into this...