The Palestinian Museum permanent collection

A handcrafted bracelet of pure silver. It is without a clasp, has eye-like protrusions, and was worn to indicate that the woman wearing it was breastfeeding.

Silver bracelet decorated in the 'tarmeel' method, a local jewellery manufacturing method. It has circles of roses and diamond shapes and ends with a clasp.

A silver pendant used as an amulet, engraved with 'Mashallah' or 'As God Wills' (used to invoke protection) from which five spheres (bells) hang.

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 traditional silver necklace adorned with Ottoman and Austrian coins and worn in several regions throughout Palestine.

A silver necklace comprised of seven short chains, dangling from which are a red amber bead and a large Ottoman silver coin. The necklace is specific to the Bethlehem region.

A broad silver bracelet, decorated and engraved in the centre with a row of roses. It is clasp-less and has an open back that resembles teeth.

A necklace of yellow amber, consisting of beads of different sizes arranged side by side, and ending with a silver chain with a clasp.

Silver bracelet decorated in the tarmeel method, a local jewellery manufacturing method. It has three rows of small spheres and ends with a clasp.

A silver pendant used as an amulet, engraved with 'Mashallah' or "As God Wills" (used to invoke protection) from which five spheres (bells) hang.