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The fibula, which replaced the toggle pin during the Iron Age, is similar to a modern safety pin. It had a main bent section with a clasp, which was often elaborately decorated, and a simple straight…
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Tell Beit Mirsim, Land of Israel (Tell Beit Mirsim, Israel)
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Iron Age II, Early 10th–Early 6th Century BCE
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This mirror was found in the Moringa burial cave at En Gedi; its tang would have been fitted into a handle, now missing, made of metal, ivory, or bone (see Ivory and Bone Carvings and Engraved…
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‘En Gedi, Land of Israel (‘En Gedi, Israel)
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Persian Period, 5th Century BCE
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These cosmetic implements from Gibeon include a limestone bowl decorated with small, incised circles and two bronze spatulas. Tweezers for plucking hairs have also been found.
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Gibeon, Land of Israel (Gibeon, West Bank)
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Iron Age I–II, 12th–6th Century BCE
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This Jewish woman of the Ottoman Empire wears a blue jacket worn over a black dress, with red shoes and a tall hat draped in a veil (“Dona Ebrea in casa”).
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17th Century
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Robert Falk
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ca. 1924
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Ze’ev Raban
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1914
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Toggle pins and fibulae were fasteners for garments, and because they were often decorated, they also functioned as jewelry. The toggle pin was a thick straight pin, ornamented on its upper part or…
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Mizpah, Land of Israel (Tell en-Nasbeh, West Bank)
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Iron Age I, 12th–10th Century BCE
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Wenceslaus Hollar
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Arundel, Kingdom of Great Britain (Arundel, United Kingdom)
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1644
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Gyula Pap
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Weimar, Weimar Republic (Weimar, Germany)
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1922
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French Protectorate of Algeria (Algeria, Algeria)
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Early 20th Century