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2. Yemenite silversmithing - Wikipedia

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   Yemenite silver-work is noted for its intricate use of filigree and fine granulation. [2] [6] Jewellery containing a high silver content was called ṭohōr by local Jews, or muḫlaṣ in Arabic, and referred to jewellery whose silver content ranged from 85 to 92 percent, while the rest was copper.

3. Napier Company (jewellery) - Wikipedia

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   Flask, 1925-1930. Sterling silver and cork, 9 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 1 3/16in. (24.4 x 11.4 x 3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Modernism Benefit Fund. The Napier Company is an American jewelry manufacturing company, and was one of the first modern corporations in the United States. The company is also known historically as a cutting-edge silver object ...

4. Hafting - Wikipedia

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   An axe hafted with an adhesive. Hafting is a process by which an artifact, often made of bone, stone, or metal is attached to a haft (handle [1] or strap). This makes the artifact more useful by allowing it to be launched by a bow (), thrown by hand (), or used with more effective leverage ().

5. Filigree - Wikipedia

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   Gold filigree intricate work from Portugal Albanian silver jewellery from 19th and 20th century Sterling dish, filigree work Citrine cannetille-work brooch. Filigree (also less commonly spelled filagree, and formerly written filigrann or filigrene) [citation needed] is a form of intricate metalwork used in jewellery and other small forms of metalwork.

6. Metallurgy in pre-Columbian America - Wikipedia

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   Sican tumi, or ceremonial knife, Peru, 850–1500 CE. Metallurgy in pre-Columbian America is the extraction, purification and alloying of metals and metal crafting by Indigenous peoples of the Americas prior to European contact in the late 15th century.

7. Medieval jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Later Viking jewelry also starts to exhibit simplistic geometric patterns. [27] The most intricate Viking work recovered is a set of two bands from the 6th century in Alleberg, Sweden. [26] Barbarian jewelry was very similar to that of the Vikings, having many of the same themes. Geometric and abstract patterns were present in much of barbarian ...