Silver Wedding Necklace "Muriyad"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Nov 1998
label: Collection Date
content: Mid-1970's
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Katheryn Loughran
label: Donor Name
content: Foundation For Crosscultural Understanding
notes: label: Notes
content: SILVER NECKLACE IS MADE OF 12 HOLLOW, FILIGREED, LARGE BEADS STRUNG ON THICK, TAN-COLORED COTTON TWINE, KNOTTED AT ENDS. NECKLACE ENDS ALSO HAVE COILED TRUMPET SHAPES. EACH BEAD HAS RECESSED DESIGN AND RAISED TINY KNOBS ALL OVER. TRACES OF BROWN CORROSION IN CREVICES. ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, THE NECKLACE DATES TO THE 18TH-19TH CENTURIES. NECKLACES OF THIS TYPE ARE GIVEN TO A BRIDE BY HER HUSBAND ON THE OCCASION OF THE MARRIAGE.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "A Somali groom gives his bride a necklace of silver or gold as a token of esteem."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Marka, Somalia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416176
label: USNM Number
content: E428278-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Height - Including Mount
content: 3.5 cm