Object Details
- Description
- Silver alloy pendant necklace strung on a cord. The pendant is rectangular with five gropuings of two strips of dangling chain terminating in spherical beads suspended from the bottom. The pendant has a central dual triangle motif of lapis lazuli with two circles of glass jewels surrounded by multi-colored (red, green and blue) glass jewels embedded in circles of applied silver alloy. The pendant is flat and plain on back. Two suspension loops project from the top of the pendant and a cord is attached, but is probably not the original cord.
- Provenance
- Marian Johnson, purchased in Dakar, Senegal, 1963-late 20th century to 2012
- Content Statement
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson
- Medium
- Silver alloy, glass jewels, lapis lazuli
- Dimensions
- Pendant: 8.2 x 5.9 x 1.1 cm (3 3/16 x 2 5/16 x 7/16 in.)
- Pendant and cord: 50.2 cm (19 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Jewelry
