Belt from Daghestan

• country - Daghestan
• materials - silver, which has been gilt and enamelled
• object - belt
• object date - 19th/20th Century
• source - Laney Skeel, American Collector

This belt is from Kubachi, Daghestan. Literature: Jewellery from the Orient: Treasures from the Dr. Bir Collection, p. 275, shows two belts with just such a semi-circular clasp as specifically coming from Kubachi. Kubachi produced large numbers of enamelled pieces of jewelry. The Daghestani smiths were fabled for their fine work, which we see in evidence here.