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Triangular Amulet Holder

late 19th–early 20th century
Not on view
This piece of silver jewelry takes the form of a triangle, or a tumar, and rested on the wearer's chest. Tumar-shaped jewelry usually consists of three sections: a triangular mountain motif, a bozbend tube meant for prayer scrolls, and an inverted mountain symbol from which spherical pendants are suspended. This tumar is decorated with six horn motifs and embellished with twelve pieces of red glass. Different from other glass embellishments, these are set in false granulated borders--in the shape of cartouches and teardrops--and are covered with vine and geometric filigree.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Triangular Amulet Holder
  • Date: late 19th–early 20th century
  • Geography: Country of Origin Central Asia
  • Medium: Silver with stamped beading, decorative wire, ram's-head terminals, glass inlays over red foil, lacquer, or cloth, wire chains, and spherical beads.
  • Dimensions: H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
    W. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)
  • Classification: Metal
  • Credit Line: Gift of Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf, 2006
  • Object Number: 2006.544.9
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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