Outstanding Antique Bedouin Silver Ring – Aqiq Ahamar – Saudi Arabia

Silver, red glass grams 22,3 (0.79 oz.); cm. 3,2 high (1.26″); inner diameter cm. 2,1 (0.83 inches). US size 10.50.

The Bedouin are nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. However, the Arabian Peninsula is the historic and original homeland of the Bedouin Arabs. The English word bedouin comes from the Arabic badawī, which means “desert dweller”, and is traditionally contrasted with ḥāḍir, the term for sedentary people. They are traditionally divided into tribes, or clans, and historically share a common culture.

For more information and similar examples, see “Bedouin Jewellery in Saudi Arabis” by Heater Colyer Ross, pages 38-39.

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