the leather handle is probably later and two of the side skin panels are slightly loose at the corners but it is still in very useable order
made by the Aimaq people in the Qala-e-Now region
Condition wise the head is in perfect order aside from an old repair to a crack to the front on the neckline
this combination is certainly in vogue in the contemporary world
A Beautiful Post Medieval Silver Bifacial Cross Pendant; ex Sir Francis Cook Collection sub-Antiques the leather handle is probablyOrigin: English Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Silk collection, London, UK; ex Czechoslovakia auction, Kolekce Malych Krizu PI. Refordove, a collection of 87 cross pendants from the collection of Mrs R. W. Reford, the collection originating in the course of the 1920's in England; ex francis Mallet, Malllet & Son, New Bond Street, London; ex Sir Francis Cook (1817 1901) collection, 1st Baronet, British merchant and art collector. Date: 1840