Necklace

Museum number:
9-20419
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
9
Accession number:
Acc.4416
Description:
Prayer necklace, choker style; opague tubular plastic (?), interspersed with flat rectangular at center and smaller black beads; opaque yellow plastic (?) beads at tie; strung on cotton string; length circa 16 centimeters.
Donor:
Elizabeth Rees and Estate of Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Middle East, Iran attributed
Collector:
Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection date:
1924-1938
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Necklace, accession number 9-20419, described as Prayer necklace, choker style; opague tubular plastic (?), interspersed with flat rectangular at center and smaller black beads; opaque yellow plastic (?) beads at tie; strung on cotton string; length circa 16 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Necklace, accession number 9-20419, described as Prayer necklace, choker style; opague tubular plastic (?), interspersed with flat rectangular at center and smaller black beads; opaque yellow plastic (?) beads at tie; strung on cotton string; length circa 16 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Necklace, accession number 9-20419, described as Prayer necklace, choker style; opague tubular plastic (?), interspersed with flat rectangular at center and smaller black beads; opaque yellow plastic (?) beads at tie; strung on cotton string; length circa 16 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Necklace, accession number 9-20419, described as Prayer necklace, choker style; opague tubular plastic (?), interspersed with flat rectangular at center and smaller black beads; opaque yellow plastic (?) beads at tie; strung on cotton string; length circa 16 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 9-20419, described as Prayer necklace, choker style; opague tubular plastic (?), interspersed with flat rectangular at center and smaller black beads; opaque yellow plastic (?) beads at tie; strung on cotton string; length circa 16 centimeters.

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