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Necklace with Cylindrical Beads and Hanging Tassels, 20th century
Miao culture; Guizhou Provin…
Necklace
Necklace with Cylindrical Beads and Hanging Tassels, 20th century
Miao culture; Guizhou Provin…
Necklace with Cylindrical Beads and Hanging Tassels, 20th century Miao culture; Guizhou Province, China Silver; 14 x 3/4 x 13 in. 2007.23.33 Gift of Anne and Long Shung Shih

Necklace

ClassificationsClothing and Adornments-neck ornaments
Culture Miao
Date20th Century
Made AtGuizhou Province, China, Asia
MediumSilver
Dimensions14 x 3/4 x 13 in. (35.6 x 1.9 x 33 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne and Long Shung Shih
Object number2007.23.33
DescriptionLarge silver necklace with long cylindrical beads, and twenty-three hanging bells. Braided chain with two large trapezoidal shapes at each top end attached with knobbed rings on inside and outside. Twenty-three beads are suspended from the chain with similar knobbed rings, spacers between each. A thin chain anchors the beads near the bottom,
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