id:			96751
accession number:	1916.474
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.474
updated:		2023-08-23 18:14:00.803000

Clasp, early 1900s. Palestine, Ramallah. Silver; overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.474

title:				Clasp
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creation date:			early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1916
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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culture:	Palestine, Ramallah
technique:	silver
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926] and Mrs. Ellen Garretson Wade [1859–1917], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916–
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wall description:
This is a Palestinian neck ornament called a <em>qifl </em>meaning "lock." It was worn attached to the headdress like a chin chain.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Weir, Shelagh. <em>Palestinian Costume</em>. London: Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications, 1989.
	page number: 	Comparative Material Reproduced: pp. 16–17
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	Völger, Gisela, Karin von Welck, and Katharina Hackstein. <em>Pracht und Geheimnis: Kleidung und Schmuck aus Palästina und Jordanien : Katalog der Sammlung Widad Kawar zu einer Ausstellung des Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museums der Stadt Köln in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology der Yarmuk Universität in Irbid</em>. Köln: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum der Stadt Köln, 1991.
	page number: 	Comparative Material Reproduced: p. 280, item 101
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