Bedouin Cuff with Braided Motif

Worn smooth at the edges, this cuff keeps its braided stripe stubbornly crisp.

This braided silver cuff from the Bedouin of the Sinai Peninsula is Bedouin, from Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, North Africa. Silver is soft enough to be hammered, twisted and braided, which allows silversmiths to make a cuff that looks woven from separate strands. Open cuff with a central strip of angled braided links framed by thin rope bands. The end faces carry hatched lines, and the body is rubbed to a soft pewter shine with darker pockets in the grooves. It is 2.75 inches long, 1 deep and 2 high.

It has plainly been worn and loved for decades.