TRADITIONAL YEMENITE SILVERSMITHING
YEMENITE JEWS WERE COMMONLY CONSIDERED THE MASTERS OF SILVERSMITHING IN YEMEN, PASSING DOWN SKILLS AND TEQHNIQUES OVER GENERATIONS, SILVERSMITHING BECAME ONE OF THE MOST COMMON PREFESSIONS FOR YEMENITE JEWS. CLIENTS WERE MOSTLY WEALTHY MUSLIM NEIGHBORS, BUT ON THE DAY OF A BRIDE’S HENNA CEREMONY, THE YEMENITE BRIDE IS COVERED IN HEAVY ORNATE JEWELRY TO WISH HER WEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND GOOD FORTUNE AS SHE AND HER SPOUSE LOCK HANDS WITH A BALL OF HENNA PRESSED BETWEEN THEM. THE ROUND HENNA MARK IN THE PALMS OF THE HANDS REPRESENTS THE BOND OF THEIR SHARED LOVE.
YEMENITE JEWS WERE COMMONLY CONSIDERED THE MASTERS OF SILVERSMITHING IN YEMEN, PASSING DOWN SKILLS AND TEQHNIQUES OVER GENERATIONS, SILVERSMITHING BECAME ONE OF THE MOST COMMON PREFESSIONS FOR YEMENITE JEWS. CLIENTS WERE MOSTLY WEALTHY MUSLIM NEIGHBORS, BUT ON THE DAY OF A BRIDE’S HENNA CEREMONY, THE YEMENITE BRIDE IS COVERED IN HEAVY ORNATE JEWELRY TO WISH HER WEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND GOOD FORTUNE AS SHE AND HER SPOUSE LOCK HANDS WITH A BALL OF HENNA PRESSED BETWEEN THEM. THE ROUND HENNA MARK IN THE PALMS OF THE HANDS REPRESENTS THE BOND OF THEIR SHARED LOVE.
