The Palestinian Museum permanent collection

An orange-red amber necklace, consisting of five amber beads interspersed with silver spheres and ending with a silver 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 simple open and unadorned silver bracelet (similar to an anklet) with two ribbed heads.

A silver necklace consisting of several handmade chains with a clasp, from which hangs 6 small silver coins and a large metallic Austrian coin that bears the image of Maria Theresa. The necklace is specific to the Bethlehem region.

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.

Necklace of thick clasp-less chain, decorated with beads of silver and yellow amber and carrying a cylindrical hijab (also known as a khiyara), or an amulet containing prayers whose invocation was believed capable of driving evil away or exorcising evil spirits from a possessed person. This amulet is decorated and handcrafted from silver, inside of which was placed a piece of paper that usually carried supplications or Quranic verses.

Silver necklace pendant, ornate and decorated with a yellow bead and interlaced with chains that end with bells and small pieces of metal. It was worn as a hair accessory or on hats and belts

A broad bracelet adorned with silver spheres, with a large flower-shaped clasp.

A yellow amber necklace from southern Palestine, consisting of seven amber beads (sea amber) interspersed with silver spheres and ending with a silver chain and clasp.

Saffeh (cap) from the Ramallah area made of cotton and fully embroidered with threads of red silk interspersed with other colours. With it comes a white iqal (cord accessory) covered in white cotton cloth to which a piece of velvet cloth was added to the back. From the rear velvet piece hangs 4 large pieces of Ottoman-era currency. At the front of the saffeh is a row of authentic Ottoman coins lined from the inside with a patterned cotton cloth. The saffeh used to be part of the bride’s dowry, to be worn on her wedding day and throughout the days following the ceremony.