Necklace with amulet
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Amulet: metal, probably silver alloy. Box 5.5 cm (2 1/8 in.) square, with cover having filigree and turquoise ornamentation including four triangular pieces at base, applied at each side of cover making overall dimension of cover an approximate square 6.5 cm. Hollow cylinders permit a cord with twelve beads (cord supplemented by neck ribbon) to suspend amulet from neck. Purpose of other cylinder, ornamented with twisted wire and conical ends, probably purely decorative.
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Frances Morris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1951-111-95
objectType: label: Type
content: jewelry
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Necklace
label: Type
content: Necklace
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Silver alloy, turquoise, carnelian beads, fiber
label: Dimensions
content: overall length: 35 cm (13 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: amulet: 9.3 x 9.5 x 2 cm (3 11/16 x 3 3/4 x 13/16 in.)