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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2845211, member: 2844&quot;]Very nice find, Barn. And it looks complete.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Every Yemeni man&#039;s belt was meant for a jambiya, or rather, they wore a belt and wore a jambiya with it. Many belts had attachments for the jambiya, like yours, but in some cases they just slipped the jambiya behind their belt.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are always amulets etc on a Yemeni man&#039;s belt, because they don&#039;t wear any amulets around their neck, like the women and children do.</p><p><br /></p><p>- The ring probably served to attach something to it, so you didn&#039;t have to carry it around in your hand.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>- The most interesting thing is the presence of the bottle next to it, that is a kohl bottle.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I hope I am seeing that right, is it a tiny bottle?</p><p>Kohl was used by men, women and children, especially during ramadan. It not only served as protection, both physical and magical (against the evil eye), but it was also seen as a religious duty. The Prophet Muhammad also wore kohl (2 applications in one eye, 3 in the other), and recommended the use of kohl as a holy act.</p><p>The twin bottles on the belt komo showed are definitely kohl bottles. &#039;Mukhule&#039; in Yemeni Arabic. The applicator stick goes through the two rings in between the two bottles. </p><p>Kohl comes in different colours, usually black, but sometimes colours like blue, green, grey, hence the two bottles. Coloured kohl is an ancient practice, the mask of Tutankhamun has blue kohl lines.</p><p><br /></p><p>- The cylinder is a prayer/amulet box, not a quran box, it isn&#039;t big enough. It could have contained a scroll with a protective prayer, and maybe some other protective things.</p><p><br /></p><p>- The rectangular box is an amulet box, which contained protective bits and bobs. A special stone like an aqeeq, maybe herbs or a protective formula.</p><p><br /></p><p>- The coins with bells are decoration, a sign of wealth or of allegiance, and to ward off evil (bells).</p><p><br /></p><p>- If the chain thingy composed of square elements (there is a name for those) is wide enough, it served to hold a jambiya. And again, bells to ward off evil.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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