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Chest ornament in the shape of an ostrich egg
(حلية صدر بشكل بيضة نعام)

Title	Chest ornament in the shape of an ostrich egg
Title Original	حلية صدر بشكل بيضة نعام
Publication Date:	Before 1855
Publication Place	- World Museum, Vienna
Subject	Ostrich eggs, silk, wool, cotton, silver thread, dye
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	البيوض : الارتفاع : أعظميا 15 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	16.981 and others
Record ID	object;EPM;at;Mus23;5;ar
Library Location	World Museum, Vienna
Date	Before 1855
Notes	Since the beginning of the modern era, ostrich eggs have been hung in the rooms of Islamic and Christian areas in the Mediterranean region. Its purpose was to warn believers and protect their souls from harm. In bazaars, they were hung on the street facades of shops and at gates, and ostrich eggs decorated the graves of saints, churches and mosques.
Sample Text	“Ostrich Egg Chest Ornament” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus23;5;ar

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Chest ornament in the shape of an ostrich egg

(حلية صدر بشكل بيضة نعام)

Publication Date Before 1855

Publication Place - World Museum, Vienna

Subject Ostrich eggs, silk, wool, cotton, silver thread, dye

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions البيوض : الارتفاع : أعظميا 15 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 16.981 and others

Record ID object;EPM;at;Mus23;5;ar

Library Location World Museum, Vienna

Date Before 1855

Notes Since the beginning of the modern era, ostrich eggs have been hung in the rooms of Islamic and Christian areas in the Mediterranean region. Its purpose was to warn believers and protect their souls from harm. In bazaars, they were hung on the street facades of shops and at gates, and ostrich eggs decorated the graves of saints, churches and mosques.

Sample Text “Ostrich Egg Chest Ornament” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus23;5;ar