Ornament
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Code:
743
Translator:
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Description:
Ind. no. 106: Chest ornament suspended from a chain. The richly decorated ornament comprises filigree patterns applied on a sheet silver background, with additional applied elements and pastes set in the center of three domed, wire rosettes: one green paste adorns the center of the chest ornament, and two other, blue pastes the rounded, protruding edges. The three, extremely prominent rosettes, are nailed to the sheet metal base. Five Turkish coins hang from rings at the bottom edge of the ornament.
Similarly shaped and decorated jewellery is included in the costume of Karagouna (Kaplani 1997, 120-121, no. 3009, and Hatzimichali 1983, 127, fig. 132).
The item comes from Macedonia.
Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 cm (coins excluded).
Bibliography:
E. Ριζoπoύλoυ-Ηγoυμεvίδoυ, Η Εθνογραφική Συλλογή του Ομίλου Λαϊκής, Πολιτιστικό Κέντρο Ομίλου Λαϊκής, Λευκωσία 2006, 288 σελίδες.