Ornament with Clasping Hands

Description Ritual jewelry symbolized the value of marital alliances. This ornament has hooks on the back to fasten it to clothing.

Exhibitions

• Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.

Provenance Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase, 1941