Earring, "halaq"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Oct 1988
label: Collection Date
content: 1965 to 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Alixa Naff
label: Donor Name
content: George Naff
notes: label: Notes
content: Chain from which is suspended a fish-shaped filigree ornament. Fish is decorated with crescent, star and orb shapes, and a blue bead eye. 5 disc-shaped pendants attached to fish's underside. Hook for earlobe attached to chain. Purchased by collector from Cairo dealer. Probably talismanic because of blue bead-blue is said to ward off the evil eye-and fish-a Christian good luck symbol adopted by Muslims.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cairo, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian
label: Culture
content: Arabic-Islamic
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378937
label: USNM Number
content: E424824-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Earring
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 5.5 cm
label: Width
content: 3.6 cm