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| Keywords: Hispano-Moresque - Gold Jewelry Elements - Walters 571596 - Group.jpg These elements once formed different pieces of jewelry including possibly a belt hair adornments a pendant earrings and other ornaments meant to be sewn onto clothing or headdresses They originally were set with gems and inlaid with colored enamel Together they constitute one of the most important groups of jewelry known from al-Andalus or Muslim Spain late 10th-early 11th century Medieval gold gemstones traces of enamel cm 12 35 5 1 5 accession number 57 1596 17639 Said to have been found at Madinat al-Zahra near Cordova Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Islamic Jewelry The Israel Museum Jerusalem Jerusalem 1987 Al-Andalus The Art of Islamic Spain The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 1992 place of origin Cordova Spain Walters Art Museum license Islamic art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Hispano-Moresque ware Ancient objects of Medina Azahara | ||||
