DepartmentMiddle East
Khamsa pendants for hanging on a necklace or a headdress
NameAmulet
Artist
Artist not recorded
Cultureal-Hajaya or Ta'amreh Bedouin
Dateca. 1920, vendor
Place madeJordan or Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
Mediumsilver
DimensionsOverall: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection, From the John D. Whiting Palestinian Amulet Collection
Object numberFA.1981.48.79
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Alice B. Whiting
DescriptionBent, soldered, stamped, filigree. Single chain, crescents and conventionalized hands suspended by rings, from links of chain. Rings on each end for attaching to headdress.Worn across forehead. Bought in Jerusalem, 1921.
Artist not recorded
c. 1900
Late 19th-early 20th century
ca. 1910
ca. 1880