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Clasp

early 1900s

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Palestine, Ramallah

Silver

Overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.474

Location

not on view

Description

This is a Palestinian neck ornament called a qifl meaning "lock." It was worn attached to the headdress like a chin chain.

Provenance

?–1916

Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926] and Mrs. Ellen Garretson Wade [1859–1917], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1916–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Weir, Shelagh. Palestinian Costume. London: Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications, 1989. Comparative Material Reproduced: pp. 16–17

Völger, Gisela, Karin von Welck, and Katharina Hackstein. Pracht und Geheimnis: Kleidung und Schmuck aus Palästina und Jordanien : Katalog der Sammlung Widad Kawar zu einer Ausstellung des Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museums der Stadt Köln in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology der Yarmuk Universität in Irbid. Köln: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum der Stadt Köln, 1991. Comparative Material Reproduced: p. 280, item 101