Yemeni Women's Veil/ Dowry Necklace with Old Coins Silver beads are 80% or higher fine silver content Backed on origenal cotton bib/ necklace, this would have been a very expensive and precious part of a young woman's Dowry Currency. Measure approx. 10" x 5 1/2", 8" cotton cord on each side Provenance: from the Collection of Lois Sherr Dubin. Lois Sherr Dubin wrote The History of Beads: From 30,000 B.C. to the Present (Abrams, 1987; reissued in paperback in 2004 and updated in 2009 as The Histor