Silver Bracelet, Oman

A wide hinged cuff bristling with cone-shaped spikes between rows of beading.

This is a tribal silver bracelet. Heavy silver bracelets in Omani tradition are often decorated with engraved, granulated or stamped patterns, and the metal was sometimes recycled from older coins and jewelry. A broad bracelet with two bands of tiny stamped discs flanking a central row of sharp raised cones. A hinge runs along one side, and the bright metal has a soft, dull patina and a few bent studs. It is 1.5 inches long and 2.5 in diameter.

Handsome, a little hostile, and entirely well-fitted.