High Life

HIGH LIFE 49 项链 这条展现原始风格的项链不仅是陪葬品，更是腓尼基手工 艺与海上贸易的缩影，使用来自地中海不同地区的红玉 髓、银及石头，于公元前500至公元前400年制作。其来 自塔洛斯，即腓尼基人于狄多女王创建迦太基时，在萨丁 尼亚岛西岸建立的贸易据点，距离现今意大利奥里斯塔诺 15公里。根据美索不达米亚的远古传统，魔鬼面孔的玻 璃吊坠有助于保护孕妇免遭厄运。在历史上很长一段时间 里，分娩时的死亡率之高，可比战场上的腥风血雨。 Necklace Dated between 500 and 400 BC from Tharros, a trading post founded by the Phoenicians around the same time as Dido’s Carthage on the west coast of Sardinia, some 15 kilometers west of modern-day Oristano. More than a grave offering, this tribal-looking necklace is Phoenician craftsmanship and trade in a nutshell, making use of carnelian, silver and stone. As per ancient Mesopotamian traditions, the glass pendant in the shape of a demon’s face helped protect pregnant women against misfortune. For long periods in history, mortality rates in childbirth were as high as going into battle.