(1/2) 19th century silver Algerian bracelet, donated to the V&A Museum by J. B. Clarke-Thornhill. The note with it reads "Bought from an Ouled Naїl girl in a brothel at Bou Saada. Made at Biskra, Algeria. These ladies are often attacked & sometimes murdered for the sake of ...

(2/2) ...their ornaments & the spikes are meant for self-defence if necessary to shove into their assailants' eyes. Her 'amant de coeur' was there, & very anxious that she should sell it, though she was rather unwilling - I noticed that he took the money." http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O79357/bangle-unknown/