Fibulae with chain

NameChest ornament

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Place madeTunisia, Africa

MediumSilver, coral

Dimensions3 1/8 × 29 1/8 in. (8 × 74 cm)
Height: center from chain top to bottom of dangle

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.86.701

Object numberA.1955.86.701

Collections

Africa.

DescriptionWith two red stick coral ornaments; triple chain, with square, cylindrical and triangular pendants, large pin at either end; 11 small bell-like dangles. Pendants and pins are decorated in floral motifs. Dangles are hand-shaped (not beads).