Accession No
2004.167
Description
Necklace, made of silver chain fasthening with a hook and eye. String of cubic beads with the corners cut off, interspersed with six decorative silver beads; four made of a longer bar shape, with two diamond shaped silver pieces and pyramids of small silver granules, two made of smaller rectangular shapes surrounded by pyramids of silver granules.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Yemen; Ta'izz [Taiz]
Period
Source
Spalding, Barbara [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2004.167
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Silver; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
500mm
Events
Context (Acquisition Details)
(bio): Mrs. Barbara Spalding. Mrs. Spalding and her husband Michael worked as English teachers in Taiz, Yemen, from 1997-98 during which time she collected silver and talked to the men in the market silver shops.
Event Date 3/11/2004
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Silver necklace threaded on fine string. String of silver beads, most of which are polyhedral, interspersed with six decorative silver beads. Four of the decorative beads are mainly comprised of a horizontal bar that fits below the rest of the beads. The necklace fastens with a hook and eye attached to lengths of chain.
Event Date 3/11/2004
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Necklace, made of silver chain fasthening with a hook and eye. String of cubic beads with the corners cut off, interspersed with six decorative silver beads; four made of a longer bar shape, with two diamond shaped silver pieces and pyramids of small silver granules, two made of smaller rectangular shapes surrounded by pyramids of silver granules.
Event Date 12/6/2023
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
FM:265221
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