Name of Object:

Necklace 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:

This necklace was used on the horses of Ottoman officials and indicated their high status and wealth. The chain consists of alternating silver spheres and amber cubic beads, with a silver cylindrical pendant in the centre.

Type of Object

Metalwork; jewellery; ornament

Citation of this web page:

Marie Therese Moujabber "Necklace for horses – Type 2" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;lb;47;en

Prepared by: Marie Therese Moujabber
Copyedited by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: LB 058