Pendant

Clothing/Dress/Costume

-

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Pendant

Entry/Object ID

1998.11.24

Description

Pendant with glass crescents and colored glass on a chain.

Acquisition

Accession

1998.11

Source or Donor

Albert R. Spalding, Virginia Spalding

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Albert R. and Virginia Spalding

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pendant

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Height

4-5/8 in

Length

5-1/8 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

"Pendant with colored glass designs and dangling pendants was probably created as an earring. This glass decoration, maintains Islamic reference through its apparent common symbols of association, such as the blue ( ), green ( ), and red (survival through war) colors, the crescent moon symbol ( ), and the number 5, all of which are synonomous with Muslim religion. "