(B) Antique HUGE Silver HORSE Necklace Wedding Bedouin Yemen Prayer Box Amulet

What a neat old piece... This is a HORSE necklace used to decorate the horse in a wedding procession - usually the man rides a horse to get his betrothed and the horse is decorated for the occasion with all the finery the young man's family can afford - sometimes the regalia is rented.

This is a magnificent antique piece made with good silver , especially the chain, and the piece is fit for a horse! The center prayer box would have housed blessings for the couple - the bells to ward off evil spirits, the crescent moons a symbol of Islam and fertility and the festive floral motifs embellished with faceted glass. A very rare piece from Yemen - the hand woven silver chain is amazing... It is smooched in places but.. It's a horse's necklace...

They don't take very good care of their things I hear.... A whopping 43 long and about 645 grams. The center prayer box is 7 1/2 long.

Please watch for our auctions of old beads and other old tribal pieces from a liquidating estate collection. BALTHAZARA Fine Tribal and Estate No Reserve Auctions. The item "(B) Antique HUGE Silver HORSE Necklace Wedding Bedouin Yemen Prayer Box Amulet" is in sale since Wednesday, November 19, 2014.

This item is in the category "Collectibles\Beads\1800-1950". The seller is "balthazara" and is located in Vero Beach, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Malta, Greece, Portugal, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, South africa, Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Panama, Jamaica, Martinique.