amulet;
necklace;
qur'an-case
- Museum number
- 2015,6054.34
- Description
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Silver alloy necklace with green stone beads and a pendant in the shape of a cylindrical amulet (hirz), used to house Qur'anic or other religious inscriptions. Hirz decorated with silver alloy wirework, granulation and bells suspended from loops.
- Production date
- 1960s-1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 4 centimetres (pendant, incl. bells)
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Length: 43 centimetres (end-to-end)
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Width: 5 centimetres (pendant)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2015
- Acquisition notes
- Bequethed as part of a collection of objects from Middle East dating from the 1930s-2005.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 2015,6054.34
