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Necklace or headband

Title	Necklace or headband
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1850
Publication Place	Armenia (made) -
Subject	Jewellery Metalwork
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Overall length: 23cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1414-1873
Record ID	1414-1873
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1850
Notes	Pieces of jewellery like this, with S-shaped elements strung closely together to make a choker, are part of the traditional costume in many places, from Algeria to Armenia. This particular one is most likely to be Armenian, as it was described when it was acquired. In North Africa these necklaces usually have long elaborate crescentic pendants, and in the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean they tend to have pendants made from coins, or sheet silver shapes. The hollow stamped pendants on this piece, shaped like ears of corn, but often fish-shaped, are typical of the necklaces worn in eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus. Necklaces in that region often have a prominent central plaque, sometimes set with a coloured paste, but this is a simpler form. These were worn across the forehead, as well as round the neck. It was bought for ten shillings at the International Exhibition, London, 1872.
İlişki	International Exhibition, 1872
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Stamped hollow silver elements on a band of red cloth Silver Ribbon Moulding
Fiziksel açıklama	38 S-shaped hollow silver slides and two shell-shaped terminals strung on a band of plaited red cloth. There is a loop at the bottom of each slide, from which hangs a hollow pendant shaped like an ear of corn, with a ring separating it from the slide. Six of the pendants have a further loop at their bottom.

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Necklace or headband

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1850

Publication Place Armenia (made) -

Subject Jewellery Metalwork

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Overall length: 23cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1414-1873

Record ID 1414-1873

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1850

Notes Pieces of jewellery like this, with S-shaped elements strung closely together to make a choker, are part of the traditional costume in many places, from Algeria to Armenia. This particular one is most likely to be Armenian, as it was described when it was acquired. In North Africa these necklaces usually have long elaborate crescentic pendants, and in the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean they tend to have pendants made from coins, or sheet silver shapes. The hollow stamped pendants on this piece, shaped like ears of corn, but often fish-shaped, are typical of the necklaces worn in eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus. Necklaces in that region often have a prominent central plaque, sometimes set with a coloured paste, but this is a simpler form. These were worn across the forehead, as well as round the neck. It was bought for ten shillings at the International Exhibition, London, 1872.

İlişki International Exhibition, 1872

Malzemeler ve teknikler Stamped hollow silver elements on a band of red cloth Silver Ribbon Moulding

Fiziksel açıklama 38 S-shaped hollow silver slides and two shell-shaped terminals strung on a band of plaited red cloth. There is a loop at the bottom of each slide, from which hangs a hollow pendant shaped like an ear of corn, with a ring separating it from the slide. Six of the pendants have a further loop at their bottom.