DepartmentTextiles-Asia
Amulet Necklace
NameNecklace
DateLate 19th-early 20th century
Place madeSanaa or Taiz, Yemen, West Asia, Asia
MediumSilver
DimensionsAmulet: 1 15/16 × 11/16 × 1 15/16 in. (5 × 1.75 × 5 cm)
Chain : 26 15/16 in. (68.5 cm)
Chain : 26 15/16 in. (68.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of James McGrath, A.2015.73.95
Object numberA.2015.73.95
DescriptionOpen link chain with amulet in shape of a curved tube with cuved, openwork caps on each end. Eight bells dangle off of rings attached to bottom and each side of tube
c. 1900
Late 19th-early 20th century
20th century
ca. 1900
Late 19th-early 20th century
ca. 1910
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1910
19th Century