This silver neck and breast ornament has been set with silver crescents
and fake precious stones. It was part of the original Pitt Rivers
founding collection. Pitt Rivers did not travel widely. The bulk
of his collection was acquired from dealers in the UK. However,
he did visit Bulgaria in the summer of 1854, while he was serving
in the British army in the Crimea. He may have collected this object
then.
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database record 1884.79.152
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