necklace

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.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2010.16
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 212 mm x 145 mm x 4 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
bead; gold; metal
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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