Necklace

NameNecklace

Artist Artist not recorded

Date20th century

Place madeHistoric Palestine, Middle East/West Asia, Asia

Mediumcotton cord, silver filigree

Dimensions2 3/8 × 30 11/16 in. (6 × 78 cm)

Height: silver rectangle

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.86.730

Object numberA.1955.86.730

Collections

ProvenancePurchased by Miss Bartlett during travels. No exact locations recorded.

DescriptionBrown cotton cord and red cord; 3 flat rectangular ornaments with filigree and applied silver motifs. Rectangles are really trapezoids. Three wedge-shaped ornaments of silver, each hanging from 6 metal rings, form central ornament, and their top surface decorated by stamped raised bands.