Silver Treasures from the Land of Sheba documents a disappearing artistic and cultural tradition

This book features more than three hundred photographs showing individual pieces of jewelry and costumes, rare images of women wearing their jewelry with traditional dress, and the various regions in Yemen where the author did her field research. Ransom's descriptions of the people she met and befriended and her exploration of the significance of a woman's handmade jewelry—with its attributes of power, protection, beauty, and personal identity—will appeal to ethnographers, jewelry designers, and art historians.

This is the first in-depth study of Yemeni silver, uniquely illustrated with photographs of a world that is transforming before our eyes. The pictures are portraits of a precious legacy.

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