Wilfred F Southall, a prominent Birmingham pharmacist, businessman and Quaker was a great collector of Palestinian costume. His collection was donated to Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, in 1985. Palestine is part of the eastern Arab countries and shares borders with Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.A silver chin chain or iznaq dating back to the 19th century from the Bethlehem and Jerusalem area. At the two ends of the chain hang triangular white metal amulets called herz. Many silver crescent shaped talismans hang from the chain along with amulets known as the 'hand of Fatimah' after the daughter of the Prophet Mohammed. Both these and the various glass beads as all thought to protect the wearer from the evil eye. This chain would have been suspended from the earflaps of the headdress such as the shatweh, smadeh and saffeh, to hang below the chin.