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In Sardinia, the necklace is among the most important precious items in the entire jewelry collection associated with festive women's clothing. The most common type is the one with holes strung on a cord. Particularly common in some centers of the Logudoro is the red coral necklace with barrel vases, both smooth and multifaceted, with a decreasing diameter starting from the median part towards the ends.
In Sardinia, the necklace is among the most important precious items in the entire jewelry set associated with festive women's clothing. The most common type is the one with holes strung on a cord.
Particularly common in some centers of the Logudoro is the red coral necklace with barrel beams, both smooth and multifaceted, with a decreasing diameter starting from the median part towards the ends.

In Oliena, the necklace called “gutturada” consists of parallel threads of red coral beams interrupted by gold beams in embossed foil with festoons or even in gold filigree every day. Structurally similar to the Olienese necklace, it is “sa gutturada niedda” by Sarule and Orani in which, however, the vague ones are made of black vitreous paste. Since in all these necklace examples, the vague golden dots that interrupt the coral threads generally appear in numbers varying from 5 to 6, the length of the jewel is indicated in “posts”. The coral necklace is also widespread in the Campidanese area where it is referred to by the term 'kannakka'. In the Trexenta, the term 'cannacea' normally indicates a necklace with oval and spherical threads of gold strung in an oval and spherical shape arranged alternately; the coral necklace is instead referred to as 'cannacca de coraddu'.

Other very common types of necklaces are those consisting of gold chains, generally long, with links of various shapes; this is the Campidanese “cadenazzu”, long to the knee on which a watch is generally suspended. In addition to 'cadenazzu', the chain is also referred to in the Campidanese area with 'gettau' (cagl. 'on gettau') and in Ogliastra with 'ghettau'.
The tubular gold trinket, produced in series, is present in the festive women's clothing of some centers in the Logudorese area (Cadena, Cadena a Emma). The gold foil chain also appears frequently in different centers of the island.

Also very common are silver chains with both simple and double cylindrical mesh (junchigliu) and that of the knot-in-knot type ([span lang="en "] loop-in—loop [/span]). The silver chain with double cylindrical mesh is widely used, not only in women's clothing, but also in men's clothing. What is certain is that in Sardinia, the use of the necklace in popular clothing, especially festive clothing, is extremely widespread and the contemporary use of several necklaces is indeed very frequent, especially in the Campidanese and Logudorese areas.

Suspended from a short chain necklace or a velvet ribbon, a medallion (lasu, lasettu) is worn around the neck, made of filigree, with which earrings are often combined to form a set. In Quartu Sant'Elena, this modular jewel, made of gold filigree with embedded stones, consists of three parts: bow (froccu), central part (dominu) and lower pendant (pendants).
Similar to the 'lasu' in terms of structure, made of perforated gold foil with numerous polychrome stones embedded, is Dorgali's' zoiga '. To the type of Campidanese “lasu”, normally consisting of three elements in perforated foil with scaramazze pearls and filigree applied, and of the Dorgalese “zoiga” belong to other areas of Sardinia, similar jewels but of different shapes and structures.

The medallion distributed in Orosei is embedded with a coral cameo (cara 'e coraddu) and is worn around the neck tied with a black velvet ribbon; another popular neckpiece is the circular one with a foil star and gold filigree known as “istella”.
In Oliena, the typical pendant is represented by the circular one in foil and filigree called on the sun; in the central part of this pendant, love symbols (heart, key) frequently appear.
Oval in shape, vaguely in a teardrop shape, like a stylized lily, completely in printed gold foil, is instead the pendant (medallion) worn around the neck by women from many centers, especially in the Logudoro.

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18/9/2023 - 17:03

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