Very Rare Omani men are not supposed to wear jewelry, however they are allowed to wear weapons, hence weapons were adorned to become a form of jewelry!
Fire is drawn by striking it against a flint (when striker made of iron / steel) A very beautiful silver fire-striker with a beautiful silver chain (used as a talisman? )
We have never come across another antique silver fire-striker! However ref 2 page 456 item 122 has two iron flint strikers with old silver chains (also extremely rare) See photo slide-show for a photo / postcard from around 1900 with a lady wearing a similar chain (without the fire-striker)
