Finger Ring
48-29-132
From: Arabian Peninsula
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 48-29-132 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Islamic |
| Provenience | Arabian Peninsula |
| Date Made | 1910-1948 |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Brass | Glass |
| Description | Souvenir for Iranians who make the Pilgrimage to Mecca (post ca. 1910). Bezel flattened but beneath it is inserted a magnifying lens (D: 0.2 cm) through which appear two minute photographic views: Upper, Medina with Persian inscription in Arabic: "Souvenir of the enlightened Medina." Lower, Mecca, showing the Ka'bah, with inscription: "Souvenir of Mecca, the honored one." (Trans. Dr. F. Rosenthal). |
| Credit Line | Gift of Presbyterian Board of Missions, 1948 |
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