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Makinak Necklace - Nizwa-Oman

Posted by Peter Hoesli on February 20, 2015 at 10:50am

This is a bit a more bulky version. Again, the center is gold over wax but the beads look like Amber or Agate.

Comments

Harald February 20, 2015 at 3:37pm

Hello Peter, beautiful Makhnak! And lovely Oman jewelry you have.

p.s. this type of beads are made of glass . In the books they are described as ceramic but I studied all of them I do own and all are made of glass.
Betty February 20, 2015 at 3:45pm

I agree with Harald, Peter. YOur Oman collection is magnificent. The red beads: could they be Coraline d'Aleppo?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/203911027/hudson-bay-trade-beadsyellow...
Harald February 20, 2015 at 4:00pm

Betty, they look a lot like "cornaline d'Alepo". But that type of beads have a white hart (also called white harts).

And the Omani red glass beads have red inside. I have several "losse' ones so you can look inside.
Betty February 20, 2015 at 4:13pm

It was just a guess, Harald. It seemed to me that there was sth. white or light shining though in the red bead at the front of Peter's photo. It's sad that you had some broken beads, but of course it confirms that they are no white hearts :-)
ait ouakli February 21, 2015 at 12:46am

i like this piece, thegolden bead is a dream. yes, i see the beads as aleppo cornaline too. used a lot in arabic peninsula jewelry
Sami Yousef February 21, 2015 at 7:36pm

Another similar example of the middle bead
Sami Yousef February 21, 2015 at 7:36pm
Peter Hoesli February 21, 2015 at 9:18pm

Dear All; Many thanks for your comments. There are 3 types of center beads. Gold over wax (most prestigious and valuable version), gold leave as well as brass. The brass version is applied together with a bead on each side and only twisted silver wire (this version does not feature any additional coral beads) on the large makinak necklace. The large makinaks never feature silver beads, however, the smaller ones as the two which I have recently posted, can also be found with a silver bead. I have such a unit and will post it later on. With kind regards. Peter
Harald February 22, 2015 at 6:38pm

I hope I do not sound to stubborn writing that their do exist bulky silver makhnak. See picture below. The bottom one is very "bulky". Also picture of a bronze center bead.
Peter Hoesli February 22, 2015 at 10:28pm

Dear Harald; Many thanks for your message and no, you do not sound stubborn. I know that this type of Makinak necklaces feature sometimes also silver center pieces and I have written this as well in my posting. I have one in my collection, too. I am talking of the very large ones, which have the same center beads but are at least 3 or more times of this size. The design is slightly different and I have posted them before (two with a gold bead and one with a brass bead). With kind regards. Peter
PS: the upper chin chain with wool is very nice!