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These crescent earrings are part of a set of jewellery collected
in the Balkans in the early twentieth century by a missionary called
Edith Durham. Islamic influences are apparent in several of the
pieces. Like these earrings, much of the jewellery is made from
silver, which is often regarded by Muslims as pure and propitious.
The crescent shape of the earrings is a common Islamic motif.
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database record 1940.12.36
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