{"data":{"objectsJson":{"prn":"RRM41253","title":null,"type":"necklace, amulet, coin pendant","mn":"2009,6023.242","style":null,"culture":null,"date":"1900-1950s","prod_place":"Made in: Oman","findspot":"Found/Acquired: Nizwa (?)~Found/Acquired: Mutrah (?)~Found/Acquired: Rustaq (?)","mat":"silver, coral, gold, glass","technique":"die-stamped, gilded","dimensions":"Length: 46.00 cm\nWeight: 435.00 g\nHeight: 3.50 cm (hirz pendant)\nWidth: 11.00 cm (hirz pendant)","inscription":null,"location":"48","exhib_hist":null,"subjects":null,"assoc_names":null,"assoc_places":null,"assoc_titles":null,"acqu_name":"Purchased from: Alan Costley\nWith contribution from: Modern Museum Fund","acqu_date":"2009","desc":"Amuletic silver hirz necklace featuring a cylindrical hirz (Qur'an case) pendant elaborately decorated with die-stamped floral designs, gold-leaf and silver granulation with 14 sets of diamond-shaped danglers hanging from chains. The back of the pendant is more simply decorated with spiral wirework and silver granulation. The necklace also includes 18 barrel-shaped silver beads, 12 Indian Rupees, a pendant of branched coral (marjan or mirgan)  and another pendant made from a small spherical glass perfume bottle stopper set in silver. At either end of the necklace is a long tubular bead which is held in place by a knot. The necklace is strung on thickly twisted cotton rope and is fastened on the back with a thin twisted silver wire. The necklace is worn with the faces of the British monarchs resting against the wearer's body (i.e. obverse of the coins face down). The Rupees date from 1879-1916 and therefore date to the reigns of King Edward VII, King George V and Queen Victoria. Similar necklaces are worn by women in northern Oman and by the bedouin women of central Oman and the Wahiba Sands. This one is probably from the Sharqiyah region of northern Oman.","comments":"For similar examples see: Ruth Hawley, 'Silver: The Traditional Art of Oman' (London, 2000); Jehan S. Rajab, 'Silver Jewellery of Oman' (Kuwait, 1997); Neil Richardson and Marcia Dorr, 'The Craft Heritage of Oman' (Dubai, 2003).\n\nAccording to Pauline Shelton, 'Large cylindrical, or cigar-shaped hirz were among the most ornate and elaborate of Northern Oman. They are also among the most characteristic items still to be found in the silver souqs of Northern Oman. They were found in the Ibri area, though the largest, and most spectacular, came from the Sharqiyah region. All were usually heavily decorated with gold-leaf or gold-wash.' See Miranda Morris and Pauline Shelton, 'Oman Adorned: A Portrait in Silver' (Muscat, 1997), p.99.","gateway":null,"fields":{"main_image":{"childImageSharp":{"sizes":{"aspectRatio":1.76,"src":"/static/0-8499fee185e90f172865dd88e520d715-5882f.jpg","srcSet":"/static/0-8499fee185e90f172865dd88e520d715-34761.jpg 88w,\n/static/0-8499fee185e90f172865dd88e520d715-2740e.jpg 175w,\n/static/0-8499fee185e90f172865dd88e520d715-5882f.jpg 350w,\n/static/0-8499fee185e90f172865dd88e520d715-0f157.jpg 462w","sizes":"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px"}}},"all_images":[{"name":"0","publicURL":"/static/0-8499fee185e90f172865dd88e520d715.jpg"},{"name":"1","publicURL":"/static/1-a1975200133019c42e2a4728955dbae2.jpg"},{"name":"2","publicURL":"/static/2-5d109aef84e96567ab17c99c4a94b330.jpg"},{"name":"3","publicURL":"/static/3-6d9702f1dfa27f499dbbc809a470b4c4.jpg"},{"name":"4","publicURL":"/static/4-5cbfb6838917b3fa6021c15ac63df98d.jpg"},{"name":"5","publicURL":"/static/5-521ece8febb3dfb760fffb533f44a100.jpg"}]}},"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"The British Museum: Islamic Gallery"}}},"pageContext":{"prn":"RRM41253"}}