Northern Yemen Silver Bracelet (Musammat)

This large and heavy, sculptural bracelet is from Yemen’s Al-Dhahiyy region. It is of silver or silver alloy and has a prominent round ‘face’ not unlike a wrist watch and might indeed have been modelled after a wrist watch.

The face and band are notable for their decoration with large, solid, applied granules or spheres. There is additional applied wire work.

Ransom (2014, p. 139) illustrates a related example.

The example here is in fine condition and is without losses or repairs.