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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 8618612, member: 2844"]They are beautiful, and from Yemen. </p><p>Different regions have different styles. I can't pinpoint this specific style, but since they are base metal and with those glass decorations it could be from the south, Hadramaut or nearby. Only a slightly educated guess though.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Given that they are base metal, possibly with a little silver mixed in the alloy, I don't think they are Bedouin. </p><p>The Bedouin are a small minority in Yemen, only half a million on a population of 33 million. </p><p>Their lifestyle means that to them jewellery is an investment, to be sold when times are tough. So their jewellery is generally silver of a good fineness, usually based on the Austro-Hungarian Maria Theresia Taler, which is .833.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 8618612, member: 2844"]They are beautiful, and from Yemen. Different regions have different styles. I can't pinpoint this specific style, but since they are base metal and with those glass decorations it could be from the south, Hadramaut or nearby. Only a slightly educated guess though.;) Given that they are base metal, possibly with a little silver mixed in the alloy, I don't think they are Bedouin. The Bedouin are a small minority in Yemen, only half a million on a population of 33 million. Their lifestyle means that to them jewellery is an investment, to be sold when times are tough. So their jewellery is generally silver of a good fineness, usually based on the Austro-Hungarian Maria Theresia Taler, which is .833.[/QUOTE]
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