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The exhibited necklace of beads originates from Funerary Complex No. 6 of Kurgan No. 4, excavated in 1982 by Dr. Habil. Eugen SAVA near the town of Taraclia. The beads were found in the chest area of the deceased, indicating that they had been worn as a necklace and had remained in their original position within the funerary assemblage.
The necklace consists of 11 elements made entirely of Egyptian faience. Eight of the beads are spherical and decorated with vertical incisions forming between 14 and 21 raised ribs. Their diameters range from 13 to 20 mm. Two additional elements are scarab representations measuring 23.5 × 19.5 mm, while the final component is a flattened cylindrical pendant bead featuring a central vertical groove and measuring 22 × 9 mm. The objects range in color from light blue to dark blue and violet hues, reflecting the natural deterioration and glaze variations characteristic of Egyptian faience.
Egyptian faience is an artificial quartz-based material coated with an alkaline glaze, typically blue or blue-green in color. It was widely used in Ancient Egypt and later spread throughout the Mediterranean and Pontic regions through trade networks. During the first centuries AD, such objects served as important indicators of cultural and economic contacts between the Mediterranean world and the communities of the North Pontic region.
Owing to its typological, technological, and symbolic characteristics, the Taraclia necklace is an exceptionally valuable artifact for the study of intercultural relations, the circulation of prestige goods, and the funerary practices of the Sarmatian communities during the first centuries AD (1st-2nd centuries AD).

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The Ball of Christmas Trees

December 11th, 2015

The 5th edition of the Exhibition of Christmas Trees ended with the traditional Ball of Christmas Trees, charitable event signed by KLumea which took place in the evening of December 11th at the National Museum of History of Moldova.

The event, hosted by Nata Albot and actor Emilian Crețu, gathered a large audience, keen to support talented and creative young peopleand engage in charity. The guests spent a wonderful evening and assisted at the designation of winners of the Ball of Christmas Trees, auction of the most creative works participating in the contest, lottery with Christmas gifts, fashion show with velvet dresses created by Oxana Munteanu, suite of carols performed by the group "Sânziene", artistic moment by young accordionist Radu Rățoi and show by pop singer Pasha Parfeni.

10 out of 57 trees made by students of AMTFA and TUM and other plastic artists, exhibited in the museum between 20th November and 10th December, were auctioned at the event. Other five auctioned Christmas trees were the "trees with a story" created by Hospice Angelus, Boarding Girls School from Hâncești, Center for children with autism "Puzzle Kids", National Association "Defeat cystic fibrosis" and Foundation "Good Heart".

The winner of the 5th edition of the Ball of Christmas Trees were designated:
1st Prize - Oxana Turtureanu, student at AMTFA, tree „Dor de dor";
2nd Prize - Andrei Brânza, student at TUM, tree „Ciclice" (Cyclic) and Valentin Bostan, student at AMTFA, tree „Lacrima unui popor" (Teardrop of nation);
3rd Prize - Alexandru Terenti, student at TUM, tree „West wood".

The tree that accumulated most votes from exhibition visitors in the category "Public Sympathy" is entitled „Nemurire" (Immortality) and was created by Ecaterina Căpățină and Vadim Antoni.

The winners received cash prizes, gifts and half of the money that was bid for their trees, the other half going to the project engaged in decoration of children hospitals form Moldova - „Arterapia" managed by KLumea team.

The Ball of Christmas Trees is a project of social creativity, initiated and supported by Nata Albot and Viorica Nagacevschi, founders of Non Governmental Organization KLumea, encouraging young artists to create for charitable aims.

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Necklace of Egyptian faience beads discovered at Taraclia

The Ball of Christmas Trees

December 11th, 2015

#Exhibit of the Month