Cleveland Museum of Art
Clasp
- Date
- early 1900s
- Medium
- silver
- Culture
- Palestine, Ramallah
- Department
- Decorative Art and Design
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This is a Palestinian neck ornament called a qifl meaning "lock." It was worn attached to the headdress like a chin chain.
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