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Necklaces and Bracelets for the Request of a Child
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These objects are used in the ritual to pray for having a baby quickly and giving birth safely. They are special and meaningful for its owners.

History of the Object: For almost all ethnicities in Vietnam it is important to have children after marriage.These are objects that Mrs. Mua Y Dia used in the ritual to pray for having a baby quickly and giving birth safely. When she was 19, she gave birth but the baby died because he was born too early. Her husband’s family asked Hoang A Quy, a ritual master, for help and he advised the young couple to ask for metal threads made of wire from two fertile families of two different lineages. A necklace was made from these threads. The ritual for a ‘child request’ goes from 9pm to 2am. The offerings are a pig’s head, a bracelet, a rooster, two hens and a little dog. After the ceremony the ritual master put the necklace around her neck and said it must be left there. Afterwards she became pregnant twice but lost the children. Her family spoke to the ritual master again. He asked for a silver thread from her family to make three bracelets for her wrists and ankle. She has three sons today.

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Type: Costume and Jewelry
Materials: Iron, silver and copper
Measurements: D.16,5cm, 15cm, 6cm
Creator name: Mrs Mùa Y Đía
Creator date: 20th Century
Where it was made: Vietnam; Hoa Binh
Geography: Vietnam
Time period: AD 20th century ~ AD 20th century
Creation date: 20th Century
Function: For requesting of a child
Acquisition: It was given in 1989 from Mrs. Mùa Y Đía
Copyright: Vietnamese Women’s Museum
Acknowledgements
Owner: Mrs Mùa Y Đía
Museum: Vietnamese Women's Museum
Credit line: Vietnamese Women’s Museum

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Vietnamese Women's Museum AD 20th century ~ AD 20th century Costume and Jewelry Iron, silver and copper Mrs Mùa Y Đía Vietnam; Hoa Binh

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