Bedouin Silver

Your reference site for silver jewelry from the Middle East

This site provides a wealth of information on traditional, nomadic and Bedouin jewelry from the Middle East and North Africa, often referred to as ethnic jewelry or tribal jewelry as well. Here, you will find information on the long history of this jewelry, its designs, styles and many uses, symbolism and hidden meanings. The jewelry of a woman told the story of her wealth and health, her fears and her hopes, her identity and her life…the world of traditional jewelry is rich and colourful.

The menu on the right will help you navigate through the many topics of this site. If you can not find what you need of if you would like more information on a particular subject, please contact me.

To see the most recent updates on the site, see beneath the photograph at the bottom of this page.

NEW: Exhibition on Bedouin silver in the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden! See details here.

Detail of an amulet holder from Jordan. Silver

Last updates:

August 13, 2010. New items in Agenda and new links on jewelry

July 4, 2010. New items in Agenda

June 13, 2010. New pictures of Great Kabylia jewelry in Portraits from Algeria

May 16, 2010. New items in Agenda

April 25, 2010. New pictures in Jewelry of the Maghreb

March 14, 2010. New additions to Bibliography

March 6, 2010. New pictures in Jewelry of Egypt-Siwa