Crown Necklace
ʻAṣābah
ʻAṣābah
Crown Necklace
Origin:
Manufacture Date:
The 20th Century
Materials:
Techniques:
Item Size:
Length: 29 cm., including the triangular-shaped ends / Width: 2.2 cm.
Catalog Number:
11.AHT.110
Photographer:
Yair Hovav
תיאור הפריט:
This piece of jewelry is rare, but in south-eastern Yemen, brides would wear it upon their foreheads. It is comprised of two snake-like (ḥanīšah) chains clasped together by plates bearing pendants. Ḥanīšah chains were part of the decorations worn on the conical-shaped hood, the qarqūš, worn by the Jews of Ṣanʻā’.