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Ait I do have a belt similar, except that the bails on the end pieces are more solid looking and one is open and hooks into the closed one. Gr. Ingrid.
PS these chains were also attached to large scroll boxes or the half cresents.
PPS. Another one from India has a closure with a screw( very nice) will try to place some pictures for you.
Gr. Ingrid.
ingrid,thank you for the infos, it is nice to have you :-)
a foto wil be very nice, wanted to restaure the piece. for me it is yemeni, do you mean could be indien or semilar to soem indien ones ??
Dear Ait, I believe that this belt is from Socotra Island or Hadramaut. It would only have a larger "S" shape hook to close. I will post one of my belts from Socotra Island, where one can find by the way similar designed belts as in Sumatra (Indonesia). With kind regards. Peter
Interesting discussion. A picture of a closure as described by Peter can also be found in Marjorie Ransom's book on p.160.
I wonder how long this belt is, or whether it might have been part of a necklace (as mentioned by Ingrid) rather than a belt (Ransom p. 94).
dear Peter, thank you for your imput, it sounds great, ingrid just posted a S hook that could fit to your description
Betty thank you,the belt is 80 cm long