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Turkoman bow necklace

While similar is style and age, the bottom "asyk" pendant is not original to and does NOT belong with this piece; I placed it there instead of a bell dangle as I liked how it looked visually and it also carried through with an arrowhead motif which I thought suited a representative bow necklace well.
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  • Patti, this one's for you!

  • Oh very lovely, good choice to place the Asyk instead of the missing bell, works well.

  • A daring substitution, Hillary, but I must say it is effective, and an intelligent choice given that the asyk is indeed likely to be an arrow/spearpoint motif (though about four different interpretations of its symbolic meaning have been proposed!), and it is certainly true that the basic structure of this piece is that of the bow-and-arrow(s). It (the piece) is, after all, an "ok jay", worn by boys on the back, as an amulet. The asyk was also used as a dorsal ornament protecting the wearer, so is appropriate in that regard as well, in your newly created structure.  Some examples show arrows as part of the construction. All in all, there is definite intellectual merit to what you have done in addition to the visual appeal achieved. Had you had the missing bell pendant that would have been my preferred choice, but this is good in the absence of that. And if someone were to have the technically "right" component it would be a small matter to swap, so at the least the change hasn't caused any harm! A very interesting image, and thanks for posting it - especially, also, for the comment accompanying it. 

  • Very nice effect, thank you. I like the huge variety of the bow brooches. Variety is really not that big in Turkoman jewelry, but seems to exist in the bow.

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