Publication Date
AH 13th century / AD 19th century
Publication Place
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Udaya Museum; Rabat
Subject
gold; precious stones; Vacuum dial.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 13 سم؛ الطول بلا المفاصل: 35 سم؛ الوزن: 700 غرام
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
D 3705
Record ID
object;ISL;ma;Mus01_B;36;ar
Library Location
Udaya Museum; Rabat
Date
AH 13th century / AD 19th century
Notes
This wide necklace consists of several jewels arranged within a silk braid, alternating with oval and fluted gold pearls. It consists of several dangling gold jewels, shaped like rosettes or Rhodes flowers called “granati”, rosettes, crescents and stars, all of which combine to form a wide and long chest protector that covers almost the entire chest. The dangling jewels are decorated on both sides, and each one is studded with ten emerald-headed nail-shaped decorations and a pomegranate-coloured stone on one side, while the other side is decorated with green, red and blue openwork enamel, with floral and floral decorations. This type of jewelry was special for occasions, as it was carried by bourgeois brides on their wedding day and on the occasion of celebrations, and the magical symbols that we can notice are dedicated to protecting women from the evil eye. The use of the number 10 in the number of gemstones (which is a multiple of 5, a symbol of the hand that wards off evil deeds) and the two decorative elements, the crescent and the moon that depict the eyebrow and the iris (the eye that sees danger), are both signs of the importance that women attach to amulets.
Sample Text
Naima El Khatib-Boujibar “Chest ornament (lubba)” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;ma;Mus01_B;36;ar
