Object class: Jewelry and adornment / Object type: ethnography / Culture or time period: Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Pendant, accession number 9-21339, described as Ivory padlock for hanging from a child’s necklace. Two fish holding the inserted handle in the mouths over scalloped plaque. Legend: “A hundred sons and a thousand grandsons” on one side; ”May five generations reside under one roof” on the other. Width: 4.7 cm; height: 4 cm; 1 cm thick.