Silver/Silver Alloy (?) Belt ID

[David]

Can anyone place the origin and time period of this belt? Asking for a friend. :)

[David]

So nobody has an approximate origin idea about this belt? :shrug:

[JBG163]

With my novice eyes, I would say silver and Indian origin or Persian. But....

[David]

Yes, i was thinking Indo-Persian as well. Would love to nail it down for my friend though. Thanks!

[JBG163]

One easy test, he can try with a magnet :) !
Also, test with bleach, if become black => solid silver or silver plated, then, just have to clean the belt with white of meudon

[David]

Thanks. I am more interested though in the origin of the belt and approximate date than i am the materials. Thought it would be awesome if it tested as silver.

[David]

I would love a few other guesses on this one if anybody has them. :shrug:

[Martin Lubojacky]

What about Caucasus origin with Ottoman influence (that kind of "cornflower" ...). I don´t have any idea about the age, but I would guess older than turn of 19/20 centuries.

[David]

Thanks for your input Martin. :)

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

This appears to be the 8 petal White Lotus which is better explained at http://www.harekrsna.de/Lotus-FLower.htm as a suggestion to the Indian nature of the item.

[Jens Nordlunde]

Nail and nail - hmmm. My guess is that it is Indian - but I must say that I am guessing.

[David]

Thanks for your input gentleman.
Anyone care to place this in an era?

[Bob A]

I'm inclined to place it in the Nepal/Bhutan/Tibet area. Broad, of course, but it seems to me to be rather north and east of the earlier suggestions. West of China. (It has a taste of the Kazakh/Uzbek to it, but again, north of the earlier suggested locations. So, Silk Road sort of thing.)

I can't precisely state the basis of my guess.