Yemenite Bride

The labbe is a popular piece of jewelry among Jewish and Muslim brides. In Arabic, the name labbe indicates the sunken place beneath the Adam's apple on the neck, where it is worn.

Among the variety of jewellery known in Yemen, the labbe is the most impressive in its complexity. A highly skilled work of Jewish silversmiths, it is a testimony of exquisite craftsmanship, requiring painstaking work and a developed artistic sense, expressed by the harmonious and aesthetic blend of its many parts.

18th-20th century, Yemen .