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Description: | This silver ring comes from Oman. It was designed to be worn on the third finger. Women from the nomadic Bedu and settled Hadr tribes would have worn jewellery like this. Silver was believed to have the power to protect the wearer. - - Oman, W, Asia | Format: | text/html | License: | http://rammuseum.org.uk/legal | Publisher: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Rights holder: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Subjects: | Personal ornament Ethnography | Source: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum | Creator: | Not specified | Identifier: | http://rammcollections.org.uk/content/ca... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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