Hair ornament

NameOrnament

DateLate 19th-early 20th century

Place madeSanaa or Taiz, Yemen, West Asia, Asia

MediumSilver

Dimensions2 hooks side by side: 7 1/16 × 1 3/16 × 2 15/16 in. (18 × 3 × 7.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of James McGrath, A.2015.73.92

Object numberA.2015.73.92

Collections

Asia

DescriptionTwo pendants joined with four lengths of chain decorated with two clusters of leaf-shaped dangles. Larger pendant has four hanging lengths of chain, each with a cluster of leaf-shaped dangles at top, center, and at bottom. Smaller pendant has a ring attached at top and a long post, decorated with leaf-shaped dangles and wrapped in wire, which culminates in a bell-shape with leaf-shaped dangles on the outer edge.