Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection

Two Head Ornaments with Coins / Hamsas – Palestine-Syria

Opening: $200
Unsold
Two head ornaments. Palestine / Syria, [first half of 20th century].
Silver, cast, cut, and punched; silver thread; silver coins.
1. Chain with 35 pendants from which filigree pendants in the form of droplets ("boteh" or paisley) and silver coins are suspended. May have been worn as a choker. 50X9 cm.
2. Double chain (i.e., two chains connected to each other) with 30 pendants – 24 of them hamsa-shaped and 6 triangular. 38X5.5 cm.
Palestine
Palestine