DepartmentMiddle East

Amulet

NameHeaddress attachment

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1910

Place madeHistoric Palestine, Middle East, Asia

Mediumsilver, glass beads

DimensionsOverall: 15 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. (39 x 4.5 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.1981.48.105

Collections

Palestinian Dress and Jewelry

DescriptionBent, soldered, twisted, moldmade. Double loop chain, with Hands of Fatima on both sides hanging from rings. Coins in middle with multicolor beads hanging above the coins. Loops on both sides for attaching headdress.See vertical file

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