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Nose chain
Nose chain
Nose chain
DepartmentTextiles-Africa

Nose chain

NameNose chain
Artist Artist not recorded
Place madeOmdurman, Sudan, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions1 3/16 × 6 3/8 × 1 3/16 in. (3 × 16.2 × 3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.86.658
Object numberA.1955.86.658
Collections
DescriptionWorn from hair and nose ring; two patterns of gold chain, 13 small leaf-shaped pendants, and hook-clasp.
Shatweh
Artist not recorded
late 19th century
Nose Ring
Artist not recorded
Fibulae with chain
Artist not recorded
Wuqayat Al-Darhem
Artist not recorded
c. 1840
Hair ornament
Late 19th-early 20th century
Scent Case and Chain
Artist not recorded
early 20th century
Necklace with double false coin pendant
Artist not recorded
Mid-20th century
Headband
Artist not recorded
early to mid 19th century
Necklace
Artist not recorded
19th century
Bracelet
Artist not recorded
Necklace with false coin pendant
Artist not recorded
Mid- 20th Century
Trapelakucha
ca. 1880