Chinese Silver Necklace

Pearl-like beads on the strand, a silver cross where they meet.

This silver necklace is recorded with an origin of Ethiopia, India and China, and no date is given. Crosses are long associated with Ethiopian Christian silverwork, where they are commonly worn on cords or strings of beads. Here an ivory-white strand of irregular, pearl-like beads is spaced with round silver beads, and a small cross with a pale center hangs from a looped bail at the front. The silver is softly tarnished.

About sixteen inches long. Wear it plain, or over something black.