What the record shows
Silver-alloy necklace made in Ethiopia in the late 1800s or early 1900s, strung with an abundance of phallic beads representing fertility framed by dozens of smaller silver beads. Specialist smiths melted silver into small balls that were attached to drawn rods of metal, topping each bead with a pile of tiny, grain-like granulations.
- Date
- late 1800s or early 1900s
- Object type
- silver bead necklace
- Recorded place
- Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, unknown silversmith
- Holding
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession
- 2025.153