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Neck jewellery

Necklace with amulet. Two necklace pieces, each consisting of two triangles decorated on one side and one square, all with soldered eyelets. In two sections (per necklace piece), the pieces are connected by short braided chains (24 pieces in total, one missing). Clasp at the top: dark cotton cord. A cylindrical amulet with faded cotton cord is knotted at the bottom. The amulet is closed with eyelets and pendants as well as a soldered crown with formerly eight turquoise inlays. Three are missing, one replaced by glass.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Neck jewellery
Dimensions
Length: 22 cm
Width: 3 cm
Length: 4 cm
Width: 9 cm
Height: 1,4 cm
Material/Technique
silver, Stone (turquoise), Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I B 13491

Provenance and sources

where
Pakistan [Land/Region]
Are [Provinz]
Mithi
who
Jörg Drechsel - Collectors

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