Coin and old glass cabochons Kuchi choker

A Kuchi choker from Afghanistan. It is made of little metal beads and old pendants made with coins further ornated with old glass cabochons. The Kuchi people, from the Persian -koch- meaning migration, are Afghan pashtoons nomads divided in a number of tribes that inhabit areas of Afghanistan and, to a lesser extent, Pakistan. Their jewellery is quite often very colourful using silver, glass and, in some fewer cases, enamel.