An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . in the usual manner, thereis generally a space of three inches or more between these ex-tremities ; but the plaits of hair conceal these parts of the There is generally, in the centre, one bead or other orna-ment (and sometimes there are three, or five, or seven) differingin size, form, material, or colour, from the others.—The neck-laces mostly worn by ladies are of diamonds or pearls.—In theannexed engraving, the first necklace is of diamonds set in gold.—The second consi
An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . in the usual manner, thereis generally a space of three inches or more between these ex-tremities ; but the plaits of hair conceal these parts of the There is generally, in the centre, one bead or other orna-ment (and sometimes there are three, or five, or seven) differingin size, form, material, or colour, from the others.—The neck-laces mostly worn by ladies are of diamonds or pearls.—In theannexed engraving, the first necklace is of diamonds set in gold.—The second consists of several strings of pearls, with a piercedflattish emerald in the centre. Most of the pearl necklaces areof this description.—The third is called libbeh. It is com-posed of hollow gold beads, with a bead of a different kind(sometimes of a j^recious stone, and sometimes of coral) in thecentre. Tiiis and the following are seldom worn by any butfemales of the middle and lower orders.—The fourth is called,from its peculiar form, shaeer (which signifies barley ). It 526 THE MODERN FEMALE ORNAMENTS. 527 is composed of hollow gold. I give a side view (A) and a backview (B) of one of the appendages of this necklace.—There isalso a long kind of necklace, reaching to the girdle, and com-posed of diamonds or other precious stones, which is called kiladeh. Some women form a long necklace of this kind withVenetian sequins, or Turkish or Egyptian gold coins. The finger-rings ( khatims ) differ so little from those commonamong ourselves, excepting in the clumsiness of their workman-ship, and the badness of the jewels, that I need not describe tinger-ring without a stone is called debleh, or dibleh.
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