Woman's Girdle with Hexagram Pendant

ca. 1550 (Renaissance)

76 cm 3 cm 1.5 cm

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A girdle was a loose belt that women wore hooked around the waist and from which might be suspended a pomander (scent holder), an amulet, keys, or a small purse. It might consist of simple gold links or be highly worked, as is this example. The six-pointed star (hexagram) susp...

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Mathias Komor, New York, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1957, by purchase.
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