Ring

Description

Ring - a traditional women’s silver ornament intended to be worn on the finger. The museum object is made of silver of 750 fineness. The hoop widens towards the upper section, forming a decorative element resembling a bird’s beak. Its surface is ornamented with incised notches. The components were formed by casting, forging, and bending and joined by soldering.
Bird’s-beak-shaped rings belong to the traditional jewellery repertoire of Kazakh women. The broad and prominent upper section emphasises the decorative character of the object. The incised ornament complements its restrained form and enhances its visual appearance.
The museum object is an ethnographic source illustrating women’s adornment practices, the structural characteristics of bird’s-beak-shaped rings, and 20th-century techniques of casting, forging, bending, ornamenting, and soldering silver.