Object Details
Collector
George E. Sakkal
Donor Name
George E. Sakkal
Notes
Breast piece of 24K gold sheet fused onto silver backing. Plates are attached to each other with chains and coins. Set with red, green, and blue faceted stones. Etched Acid stamp on back of piece. Donor says that the stamp "identifies the name of the craftsman, [and] Bukhara as the place of origin, and 1915 as the year it was crafted. Item was smuggled out of Uzbekistan and into Afghanistan in 1920 [during the Soviet takeover]." The donor obtained the piece in June 1971 from a rug merchant in Mashad, Iran, who told him he had recently acquired it from a destitute Turkoman family in Afghanistan.
Record Last Modified
1 Dec 2014
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Turkoman
Accession Date
8 Jan 2004
Collection Date
Jun 1971
Accession Number
2019618
USNM Number
E431428-0
Object Type
Breast Ornament
Length - Object
52 cm
Width - Object
20 cm
Place
Bukhara / Mashad, Uzbekistan / Iran, Asia
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Data Source
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Ethnology
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8541592