DepartmentTextiles-Africa

Brooch

NameBrooch

Artist Artist not recorded

Place madeAlgerian border, Morocco, Africa

MediumSilver, enamel, coral

Dimensions4 9/16 × 3 1/8 × 1 in. (11.6 × 8 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.86.676

Object numberA.1955.86.676

Collections

The Florence Dibell Bartlett Collection

DescriptionRound, decorated with blue, yellow, green enamel, set with 7 dangles of coral; 4 inset coral pieces alternate with raised blue enamel bosses; coral piece on pin spike. Yellow enamel circles alternate with studs in bordering the aperature in center, which has a stone-set pin secured near edge. & tear-shaped pendnts hang from lower area of pin, each set in silver gilt.