Basım Tarihi
1850
Basım Yeri
Turkestan (made) -
Konu
Jewellery Metalwork
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Overall length: 55cm, Height: 16cm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
736-1900
Kayıt Numarası
736-1900
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
1850
Notlar
This piece of jewellery was described as a Turkoman breast ornament ( chanjuk ) when it was acquired by the Museum in 1900. The three hooks at the top suggest that it is more likely to be a head ornament. It is not typical of Turkoman jewellery and may have been imported from somewhere else, possibly from the Ottoman Empire where such head ornaments were more common. It was acquired in Turkistan, with other pieces of Turkoman jewellery, in 1884-5, during an Anglo-Russian conference to define the north-west frontier of Afghanistan, and was given to the Museum in 1900.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Sheet silver with applied filigree and repoussé, set with carnelian. Silver Carnelian Filigree Repoussé
Fiziksel açıklama
A complex head ornament, consisting of three drop-shaped hooks linked by chains. The hooks are made from sheet silver decorated with applied filigree. In the centre is a flat semi-circular pendant decorated with applied filigree in the same way as the hooks and set with a rectangular red paste in a toothed mount. The hooks are each linked to each other by two loop-in-loop chains, of different lengths, so that they hang down in swags when worn. Numerous flat triangular pendants, each stamped with a pattern of dots, hang from each of the chains and the lower edge of the central pendant.
