Producer unknown to us
Temporal jewerlry
Africa, Morocco, Anti-Atlas
19th century
Silver, coral, enamel, filigree, glass
Ümit Bir (gynaecologist) acquired the temporal jewerlry in Paris, France, on December 27, 1969
On permanent loan from the Dr. Bir Collection Foundation
SB 548 / 549
The silver coins on this temporal jewerlry are of Ottoman coinage from 1824.
Gynaecologist Ümit Bir (1929–2014) gathered most of his collection on several trips from Marocco to India from the 1960s to the 1990s. Unfortunately, we still do not know the exact circumstances of the acquisition of this object. Since 2004, the collection has been on permanent loan to the museum from the Dr. Bir Collection Foundation.
Jan König