Mouza Sulaiman Mohamed Al-Wardi

Mouza Sulaiman Mohamed Al-Wardi (Arabic: موزة سليمان محمد الوردي) is a curator and historian from Oman, who is Director of the Collections Department at the National Museum. She specialises in the history of silverworking in the Oman region.

Mouza Sulaiman Mohamed Al-Wardi
موزة سليمان محمد الوردي
Other namesMoza Al Wardi
CitizenshipOman
EducationCurtin University
EmployerNational Museum (Oman)

Career

Al-Wardi is the Director of the Collections Department at the National Museum of Oman.[1][2] She was appointed to the role in 2019.[3] She joined the museum in 2009 as Chief Curator during its construction and development.[1][3] She is a specialist in historical metal-working, in particular in bronze and silver.[4] She is an expert on the history of silversmithing, particularly in Oman, which has a historic tradition of women working as silversmiths, particularly in southern Oman in Dhofar.[5][6][7] The project is a collaboration between Aude Mongiatti (British Museum), Fahmida Suleman (Royal Ontario Museum), Marcia Dorr and Al-Wardi.[8] As part of this work she has studied the coinage that circulated in Oman and in particular its re-use into coin pendants.[9] Al-Wardi has also worked on the Diba Hoard, an assemblage of stone vessels and bronze metalwork dating to 1200 - 300 BCE.[10]

In 2013 she was a candidate on the British Museum's International Training Programme.[3] She previously studied for a BA degree in Heritage and Cultural Studies from Curtin University (formally known as Western Australian Institute of Technology) in Perth.[11][3][12] After graduation she worked at the Museum of Omani Heritage, developing training programmes and working on their heritage craft programme.[3] In 2018 she was part of a UNESCO-hosted regional event in Kuwait, which focussed on the development of national museums.[13]

References
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  2. "National Museum". www.nm.gov.om. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  3. "Our fellows - The International Training Programme". 2021-06-10. Archived from the original on 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  4. Zimmerle, William Gerard (2014). "Ethnographic light on the form, function, and decoration of 'Arabian-style' cuboid incense burners from first-millennium BC Nippur". Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. 44: 337–351. ISSN 0308-8421. JSTOR 43782921.
  5. Kothaneth, Lakshmi (2021-01-25). "Spotlight: No silver lining". Oman Observer. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  6. "Adornment, Identity and Empowerment: Female Silversmiths in Southern Oman". 2021-06-10. Archived from the original on 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  7. "Lectures online". 2021-06-10. Archived from the original on 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  8. "Aude Mongiatti" (PDF). The Crucible: Historical Metallurgy News. 103. June 2020.
  9. "Spotlight: No silver lining - Oman Observer". 2021-06-10. Archived from the original on 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  10. Al-Moosawi, Jamal; Al-Wardi, Moza (April 2018). "Treasures from the National Museum: the Diba Hoard" (PDF). Wings of Oman.
  11. "Faces behind stellar show of Oman's National Museum". Times of Oman. August 6, 2016. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  12. "Faces behind stellar show of Oman's National Museum". Times of Oman. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  13. "UNESCO organizes workshop on "Role of Museums: Policies and Practice" in Kuwait | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2021-06-10.


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