The Palestinian Museum permanent collection

A necklace of five yellow amber beads of varying sizes, with decorative silver beads on either side and a silver chain with a hook clasp.

Traditionally worn to indicate that the wearer was breastfeeding, this handmade silver bracelet has eye-like protrusions and no clasp.

A silver bracelet with a clasp, decorated with circular, floral, and diamond-shaped motifs and finished using tarmeel, a surface-finishing technique that gives the metal a fine, sand-like matt texture.

A silver amulet pendant with the invocation mashallah (God has willed it) in openwork Arabic lettering and five small spherical bells hanging from its lower edge. Traditionally believed to ward off the evil eye, it was given to girls by their parents and worn on a cap or fastened to a braid.

A wide, handmade bracelet of high-calibre silver consists of five parallel bands. Two broad, plain outer bands frame a heavier central plait, flanked by two narrow bands of twisted silver. The bracelet bears a stamp indicating the silver’s fineness. Widely worn in the Naqab (Negev), bracelets of this type reflect the influence of European designs.

A traditional silver necklace with Ottoman and Austrian coins suspended from its chain links along both sides and across its lower part. It was worn in several parts of Palestine.

A silver znaq with seven short chains converging on a ring, from which hang a red amber bead and a large Ottoman silver coin. Traditionally worn beneath the chin to secure the shatweh headdress, this type of ornament was characteristic of the Bethlehem area and also served as a protective amulet.

A wide silver bracelet decorated with a central row of four-petalled flowers in relief, framed by bands of linked ornament and rope-patterned borders. The bracelet has no clasp, with tooth-like projections at either end of its opening.

A necklace of graduated yellow amber beads, with a silver chain and clasp.

A silver bracelet with a clasp, decorated with three rows of small, rounded bosses and finished using tarmeel, a surface-finishing technique that gives the metal a fine, sand-like matt texture.