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Detail of Levant necklace - Please ID

Posted by Lynn Ardent on May 16, 2015 at 11:12pm
I would love help identifying this necklace. It features silver coins, rings, stylized hand shapes, teardrops, and a small buckle on a copper torc and chain. The copper parts appear more recent than the silver parts -- I don't know if this piece was restored, or completely rearranged. Several elements of this necklace appear in Palestinian jewelry, the teardrop shapes and the stylized hands with glass beads. (photos in the comments) The coins are from the mid-1800s. Any ideas? Is this a traditional arrangement, or a fantasy rearrangement?
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  • Lynn Ardent May 16, 2015 at 11:21pm

    2506078041?profile=originalHere is a necklace Peter Hoesli has posted with the same teardrop shapes.

  • Lynn Ardent May 16, 2015 at 11:22pm

    781a69eed485d363fa3c7ba47ce0810e.jpgAnd here is a head ornament with similar beads and hands.

  • Ethnic Embellishments May 17, 2015 at 4:58am

    The coins are simply lovely!!! A great piece.

  • Betty May 17, 2015 at 2:19pm

    I love it too, Lynn. It spontaneously reminded me of Kurdish/Iraqi pieces; but Palestinian or Syrian sounds also plausible... Maybe someone on this forum will be able to say more...

  • Lynn Ardent May 18, 2015 at 4:28pm

    Dear Hillary and Betty, thank you very much for your comments.  The coins are really lovely and battered.  Betty, that is another interesting suggestion!  I am on the lookout for a reference for a clasp like this and that I believe will ID the piece.

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