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Tamaya Zinaria or Tamaya n’oragh necklace with 12 George V gold coins on faceted/bicone beads. The beads are on a cotton string. There are 113 beads arranged in a uniform pattern, with 96 red-brown and 17 transparent beads.
The coins have the head of George V on the obverse face with the inscription 'Georgivus V D.G. BRITT: OMN: REX F.D. IND: IMP:'. On the reverse face is the image of George V on horseback ‘slaying the dragon’ (the Pistrucci's version) with date 1911.
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
If you have any further information about objects in our collections or can suggest corrections to our information, please contact us: enquiry@horniman.ac.uk
