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Mamuli (ear ornament or pendant)
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Gold, Sumba Island
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Anita E. Spertus and Robert J. Holmgren in honor of Douglas Newton 1990
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BRONZE AGE JEWELLERY
BRONZE AGE JEWELLERY
TREASURE CASE 2015 T72. Two Copper Age (Chalcolithic) gold 'basket ornaments', possibly hair ornaments or ear rings, cut from thin gold sheet into an elongated oval shapes.The firs...
Necklace with twelve-pointed pendant for Bektashi Sufis
Necklace with twelve-pointed pendant for Bektashi Sufis
Marble pendant in a twelve-pointed form. The pendant is worn on a cord around the neck by followers of the Sufi order of the Bektashi's. The pendant is part of the costume of the B...
Stone pendant in the form of a twelve-sided star for Bektashi Sufis
Stone pendant in the form of a twelve-sided star for Bektashi Sufis
Jade pendant in a twelve-pointed form. The pendant is worn on a cord around the neck by followers of the Sufi order of the Bektashi's. The pendant is part of the costume of the Bek...
Twelve-pointed pendant for Bektashi Sufis
Twelve-pointed pendant for Bektashi Sufis
Pendant in twelve-pointed form, made of marble (or alabaster?) from the place Haci Bektash. The pendant is worn on a cord around the neck by followers of the Sufi order of the Bekt...
Demi-parure in case
Demi-parure in case
Demi-parure of 'en cantille' braided gold wire with cut amethysts. Set consisting of a double necklace with pendant, mounted with one large diamond-shaped and three smaller conical...
Man's mantle or shoulder cloth
Man's mantle or shoulder cloth
A man's cloth with mamuli motifs on the edge. The mamuli is an omega shaped ear ornament and a symbol of female sexuality. In the Kodi district, the iconography of the cloths refer...
Cloth for men
Cloth for men
A men's cloth, consisting of two panels sewn together, with mamuli motifs on the edge. The mamuli is an omega shaped ear ornament and a symbol of female sexuality. In the Kodi dist...
Earring made from the beak of a helmeted hornbill
Earring made from the beak of a helmeted hornbill
Sabaw is a pendant made from the beak of a helmeted hornbill, called anggang gading. This is the helmet part or the tubercle on the beak of a certain species of hornbill, the Rhino...