gah-du-laiy (Necklace)

This is a long version of a woman's necklace, highly prized by Kalash'a women. The beads and colour scheme used in this piece are representative of the style used by Kalash'a women in the 1980s to the 1990s.

This necklace was assembled under the tutelage of Waslim Goule of Balanguru village, Rumbur Valley. The cow bones used as 'dividers' were acquired in 1990 in Balanguru village. The red, oval glass beads are Czech trade beads, called 'sot-ki' by the Kalash'a.

Woman's necklace comprised of eight strands of beads separated and held in place by four evenly spaced long, flat cow bone ‘dividers’. The 'dividers' mark out five sections of green, red, and white round, glass beads. In the sections on either side of the central section there are also red oval glass beads. Seven of these oval red beads are also found in the first and fifth section, closest to the closure. The tie is made of blue string that is tied tightly in a knot.