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Yemeni Amulet from the Hadramaut, Hanging

Posted by Lynn Ardent on March 8, 2015 at 7:27pm

This is a heavy silver wedding necklace from the Hadramaut, probably from Wadi Daw'an. The cucumber-shaped amulet has finely engraved floral decoration, with granulated pyramid finials on either side and forming the bails. Beneath it hangs profuse bells, none missing or replaced. Hands of Fatimah hang at the front of each row of bells. The amulet is set on a chain that uses the same construction techniques as the southern Yemeni belts and is in fact long enough to be a belt at 39" long. The amulet is very large and the whole thing weighs 540 grams.

Comments

Sami Yousef March 8, 2015 at 8:28pm

This is absolutely stunning! Congratulations on such a -one of a kind- acquisition Lynn
Betty March 8, 2015 at 8:51pm

Wow! What can I say, Lynn: it is fabulous, Congratulations!
ingrid Langerak March 8, 2015 at 11:31pm

Beautiful Lynn, the engraving look similar to the engraving of Peter's anklet he placed yesterday.

Very suffisticated Every thing of it just so wonderfully done.
Lynn Ardent March 9, 2015 at 1:24am

Thank you Ingrid, Betty, and Silver lover! When I purchased this it was incredibly dull and dirty and I was a bit worried about it before I started cleaning and saw the wonderful silver. Ingrid, you are right to see some resemblance to Peter's anklets, I believe both pairs he posted were from South Yemen, as is this necklace. You can also see the Indian influence in the shape and the finials/bails.
Sherry Kunkle March 11, 2015 at 3:22pm

This is amazing !