Featured 22k mystery filigree pendant

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Houseful, Aug 14, 2021.

  1. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    The bale says 22k, never found any of that before! It’s about an inch long but I’ve no idea what it is meant to be or where it might have been made.
    Any ideas anyone please? There’s some rough edges so I’m thinking maybe some bits are missing perhaps.
    I believe the chain is 14k but I don’t know where that is from either, I can see a star mark and some letters maybe CVU. Church fete find today.
    Thanks.
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Very cute, House. It is from Sulawesi, Indonesia, a model of a Toraja house. The Toraja are a people on Sulawesi.
    22k is used quite a lot in Indonesia. The chain could be an Italian one.
     
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  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

  4. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    Very unusual looking structures that I had not seen before, thankyou AJ.
     
  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    They are said to be inspired by the boats in which the legendary ancestors of the Toraja came to Sulawesi.:)
     
  6. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    Just been reading up, fascinating culture, people buried in limestone caves not in the ground, huge prices paid for water buffaloes for death ceremonies. I had no idea and now I have my own little house. I’ve only found one other looking online which was described as a pagoda:(
     
  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Not many people own a Toraja house.;)
    I own a Batak house, from Sumatra, 24cm high::)

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