The Jewellery Box

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Child and woman standing outside a yurt in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, before 1923.

She is wearing head and breast ornaments with butterfly motifs.

Gelatin silver print on paper, Newark Museum Archives.

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Chahar Mongol headdress, Inner Mongolia, late 19th century

Silver, coral, turquoise, and other semi-precious stones.

In the collection of the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art.

This woman’s headdress (Mongolian: djasal) comes from one of the eight banners of Chakhar (Chahar) in central Inner Mongolia. The frame is a decorated silk-covered cloth bonnet featuring a headband with a continuous row of silver ornaments, which alternate between openwork filigree tied with turquoise beads and rosettes set with coral. Above the frame a large scalloped silver headpiece decorated with filigree is set with three large coral pieces. A net and fringe of coral, turquoise, and silver beads hangs over the forehead of the wearer. Long strings of coral and turquoise beads, which hang from ornaments in the shape of stylized butterflies, frame the face of the wearer. These long strands end in auspicious images, including silver bats holding peaches which are in turn carved from lozenge-shaped red carnelian, imagery that means in Chinese “may you possess both blessings and longevity” (福壽雙全). From the wings of the bats hang a strand of tiny silver beads with an endless knot and a pair of bell-shaped finials. A long pair of heavy ear-ornaments (süike) and a pair of silk-covered lapels decorated with large coral beads complete the presentation.' X

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Necklace, Mongolia, 19th century

Metal, glass, stone, feathers, silk.

In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.

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'Mongolian Woman' necklace by Guzel Bakeeva

Made from Simbirtsite, Geode, tierracast, Czech beads, Japanese Toho seed beads, Japanese delica beads, soutache.

The necklace is inspired by the traditional head ornament and hair style of married noble Khalkha women in Mongolia.

Photos from between 1910 and 1925.

The hair style was designed to mimic cow's horns, the cow for the Mongols being the symbol of freedom and nomadic life.

The Khalkha has been the largest subgroup of Mongol people in Mongolia since the 15th century. X

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Fox ring by Mongolian designer Mariia Khas

Inspired by an old Mongolian tradition of a fox spirit who protects a child's dreams.

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Finger armour in silver, by Mongolian designer Mariia Khas

My Modern Met: Self-Taught Artisan Transforms Silver Into Divine, Armor-Like Jewelry (Interview with Mariia Khas, 2025)

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Morin Khuur earrings by Baigal

'Created to embody the traditional Mongolian musical instrument, the Morin Khuur, known as the horsehead fiddle, featuring a treble clef motif signifying the enchanting melody produced by the musical instrument.'

Sterling silver, 14k white gold plating, zircon, $210

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Mouse brooch by Chanel, Spring 2007

Enamel and beads on base metal.

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Blackberry & Mouse brooch by Bill Skinner

Hand-painted field mouse with gold-plated feet and tail, holding a faux pearl blackberry. £70

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Cat & Mouse earrings by Rossella Ugolini

18k yellow gold with amethyst drops ($2,131, 1stdibs)

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Mouse clip-on earrings by Naimah, 2024

Sterling silver, rhodium and enamel ($220, 1stdibs)

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Mouse brooch by Butler & Wilson, late 20th C

Rhinestones set in silver-plated metal ($243, 1stdibs)

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Mouse brooch by Michele della Valle

18k gold and sterling silver, set with pavé diamonds and a cabochon ruby.

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Edwardian 15ct Gold & Silver & Enamel Mouse in the Shoe Brooch set with Rose Diamonds

c. 1900

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i was going to make a joke about the ridiculous candy corn ass shape of this roman intaglio seal ring but then i saw the extremely tiny mouse engraved into it and i'm going to throw up from how small it is. if i saw this in person i think i'd cry

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night mouse wax seal signet ring // TrumpetForTwo

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Ring set with a mouse design amulet

New Kingdom, c. 1479–1425 B.C.

Gold, glazed steatite (soapstone). Inscribed with the cartouche of Thutmose III.

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum.