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Amulet necklace. Heterogeneous origine: Central Asia (Karakalpak or Türkmen) & Kurdish.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on February 20, 2016 at 10:28pm

Silver ‘muskalık’-necklace (with ‘amulet-holder’). The box is a hexagonal prism, with inscriptions in Arabic on five of its surfaces (one of them being ‘mashallah’ / ‘according to God’s will’).Possibly a heterogeneous jewel: the box could be Kurdish (southeastern Anatolia, northern Syria or Iraqi Kurdistan). The chains and dangles are definitely Central Asian: probably of Karakalpak (western Uzbekistan) or Türkmen (from Türkmenistan or northern Afghanistan) origin. Mid-20th century or earlier. (Inv.nr. müç018-Kavak Costume Collection - Antwerpen/Belgium).

Comments

Tesori Orientali February 21, 2016 at 3:37am

Maybe Iran, Syria/Eastern Turkey/Iraq???? Kurds people…i have a similar one ..kiss kiss …Beautiful piece Jean-Marie.Ciongrats!!.Kiss kiss
Jean-Marie Criel February 21, 2016 at 4:24am

To Angelo: Thanks very much for your input. I changed the discription of my necklace accordingly.

Best greetings, Jean-Marie.
Tesori Orientali February 21, 2016 at 4:31am

If you go on my photos ..you'll see the discussion we had about this piece !!Kiss kiss
Peter Hoesli February 21, 2016 at 7:38am

This is beautiful - Congratulations! Peter
Tesori Orientali February 23, 2016 at 5:40am

It was Peter to identify this for me ….as kurdistan piece ..it was one of my earlier posts ..kisses Peter!!!
Jean-Marie Criel February 23, 2016 at 1:38pm

Thanks to all, who helped identify this necklace. Let's keep up the good work. Greetings to all. JM.