Old Fine Necklace – KIRDAM – Egypt

1950′. Silver filigree, pink coral. The pendant (kirdam) it's cm. 10,0 high x cm 6,5 (3.94" x 2.56"). The silver chain is recent (nice Italian manufacture) and is 45,0 in lenght (17.72″); grams 42,2 (1.49 oz.). The pendant it's formed from 4 crescents moon. The crescent shape is used to...

Sidamo Beaded Necklace – Southern Ethiopia

Glass beads, old bronze disck on leather. Cm 44,0 in lenght (17.32"). The talisman is cm. 19,0 high x 13,7 width (7.48" x 5.39"); Gr. 182,0 (6.42 oz.). The Sidama are an ethnic Cushitic people traditionally inhabiting the Sidama Zone of the Southern Ethiopia. They speak the Sidamo language, which is...