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Temple pendant (kolti) with two birds flanking a Tree of Life

Temple pendant (kolti) with two birds flanking a Tree of Life





Artist : Anonymous


Date : approx. between 1000 and 1200

Material : Gold, Cloisonné enamel
Acquisition : Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan (1917)
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Center
Ground Floor
Item 79 on 80
Objet(s) d'Art
Jewel

Vitrine : V06

Area related
Kiev (Ukraine)

Description   

The circular or crescent-shaped pendants, known as temple pendants (Kolti), were worn in pairs suspended beside the face, as part of the elaborate headdress of a Rus' woman.

The pendants were uncovered in 1842, in or near the Desiatynna (Dormition) in Kiev.

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