Crown Necklace

ʻAṣābah

Crown Necklace

Origin: 
Manufacture Date: 
The 20th Century
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Techniques: 
Item Size: 
Length: 29 cm., including the triangular-shaped ends / Width: 2.2 cm.
Catalog Number: 
11.AHT.110

Author: 
Carmela Abdar
Photographer: 
Yair Hovav
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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’.