The Palestinian Museum permanent collection

A necklace (amulet) made of several strings of coral, bound together by a chain with amber red and gold beads, ending with a small chain and clasp.

A silver chain with a large Turkish silver coin and three small coins attached to it. It was worn during the Ottoman era, especially by Christian women in Ramallah.

A broad handcrafted silver bracelet from the Hebron region, bearing inscriptions of shapes resembling a turtle, a frog, or a spider. It is clasp-less and has eye-like protrusions. This bracelet was used to indicate that the woman wearing it was breastfeeding.

A silver necklace, containing polygonal glass beads resembling red amber and interspersed with polygonal silver beads engraved with star shapes, each of which ends with a red bead and a silver coin. The necklace ends with a long chain with a clasp.

A broad handcrafted bracelet of high-calibre silver consisting of five parts, including two unengraved edges and three braided middle sections, two thin and one thick. The bracelet bears a stamp that determines the quality of silver. It was widespread in the Naqab desert, and its design was influenced by European bracelets.

A silver bracelet decorated in the tarmeel method (a local jewellery manufacturing method) with circles of flowers, diamonds and other shapes and closed with a clasp.

A hijab necklace comprised of a thick chain, carrying a decorated cylindrical amulet handcrafted of silver and intertwined with four small dangling silver spheres. Inside the amulet would be placed a piece of paper typically inscribed with prayers or Quranic verses.

A broad handcrafted bracelet of high-calibre silver consisting of five parts, including two unengraved edges and three braided middle sections, two thin and one thick. The bracelet bears a stamp that determines the quality of silver. It was widespread in the Naqab desert, and its design was influenced by European bracelets.

A necklace of silver and red amber, from which hangs a triangular pendant of silver, decorated and interwoven with rhombic pieces (some of which are missing) ending with a silver chain with a clasp.

Handmade gold nose ring (shnaf) decorated with small coin-like pieces at the end, typically worn by Bedouin women. It is engraved with the crescent and star, representing the emblem of the Ottoman Empire. This piece of jewellery was popular throughout Palestine, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.