Name of Object:

Jewellery for horses – Type 2

Location:

`Ayn Najm, Lebanon

Holding Institution:

Lebanese Heritage Museum

 About The Lebanese University, `Ayn Najm

Date of Object:

19th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Silver

Provenance:

Turkey

Description:

These strings of jewels were used on the horses of Ottoman officials and indicated their high status and wealth. The chain consists of a variety of differently shaped beads which would bounce against each other to create a tinkling noise and announce the arrival of the rider.

Type of Object

Metalwork; jewellery; ornament

Citation of this web page:

Marie Therese Moujabber "Jewellery for horses – Type 2" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;lb;45;en

Prepared by: Marie Therese Moujabber
Copyedited by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: LB 056