“Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver” Exhibit Opens
September 08, 08
Small, delicately designed gold jewelry items dating as far back as 2,500 BCE document fashion, class and even manufacturing capabilities in an exhibit about to open at the
Gold earring with a deer
head from the Hellenistic
period (481-97 BCE). Found in
a burial cave in Za’akooka,
Judea Plain, Israel.
“The exhibition remembers and salutes the ancient Israeli [jewelry] designer,” Eli Avidar CEO of the museum and the Israel Diamond Institute said.
According to curator Yehuda Kassif, there are 46 words in Hebrew to describe jewelry, underlining the importance jewelry had in ancient times.
The exhibition “Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver” opens on Friday September 12 and admission is free.