Silver treasures from the land of Sheba : regional Yemeni jewelry /

This book documents a disappearing artistic and cultural tradition with over three hundred photographs showing individual pieces, rare images of women wearing their jewelry with traditional dress, and the various regions in Yemen where the author did her field research. Ransom's descriptions of...

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Main Author:	Ransom, Marjorie (Author)
Other Authors:	Liu, Robert K. (Photographer)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cairo, Egypt ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2014
Subjects:	Silver jewelry > Yemen (Republic) Yemenis > Clothing.
Online Access:	Table of contents only Publisher description Contributor biographical information

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