Necklace

Museum number:
9-12824
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
914 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.09
Description:
Necklace: silver-colored metal and black beads; base is elaborate oblong ornament divided into rectangles, each with eye-like centers; conical bead with curvilinear wire overlay one either side of center ornament; eight silver-colored round beads with eye-like ornaments alternate with nine black beads which have silver inlay. total length 50 cm. Said to be woman’s dowry necklace.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Katherine Hooker
Collection place:
Palestine
Verbatim coll. place:
Palestine
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Necklace, accession number 9-12824, described as Necklace: silver-colored metal and black beads; base is elaborate oblong ornament divided into rectangles, each with eye-like centers; conical bead with curvilinear wire overlay one either side of center ornament; eight silver-colored round beads with eye-like ornaments alternate with nine black beads which have silver inlay. total length 50 cm. Said to be woman’s dowry necklace.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Necklace, accession number 9-12824, described as Necklace: silver-colored metal and black beads; base is elaborate oblong ornament divided into rectangles, each with eye-like centers; conical bead with curvilinear wire overlay one either side of center ornament; eight silver-colored round beads with eye-like ornaments alternate with nine black beads which have silver inlay. total length 50 cm. Said to be woman’s dowry necklace.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 9-12824, described as Necklace: silver-colored metal and black beads; base is elaborate oblong ornament divided into rectangles, each with eye-like centers; conical bead with curvilinear wire overlay one either side of center ornament; eight silver-colored round beads with eye-like ornaments alternate with nine black beads which have silver inlay. total length 50 cm. Said to be woman’s dowry necklace.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 9-12824, described as Necklace: silver-colored metal and black beads; base is elaborate oblong ornament divided into rectangles, each with eye-like centers; conical bead with curvilinear wire overlay one either side of center ornament; eight silver-colored round beads with eye-like ornaments alternate with nine black beads which have silver inlay. total length 50 cm. Said to be woman’s dowry necklace.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 9-12824, described as Necklace: silver-colored metal and black beads; base is elaborate oblong ornament divided into rectangles, each with eye-like centers; conical bead with curvilinear wire overlay one either side of center ornament; eight silver-colored round beads with eye-like ornaments alternate with nine black beads which have silver inlay. total length 50 cm. Said to be woman’s dowry necklace.

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