Kolt or kolty was a part of a female

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, hanging on a ryasna at both

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as a sign of family's wealth, common in 11th-13th centuries in Old

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. It comprised a pair of metal pieces, joined to form a hollow

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or star that, presumably, contained a piece of

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, impregnated with

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Origin

The origin of the word “kolt” is obscure. As a term, it was introduced in the late 19th century in the course of ethnographic surveys. According to a version it derived from the , meaning '

earrings Earrings are jewelry that can be worn on one's ears. Earrings are commonly worn in a piercing in the earlobe or another external part of the ear, or by some other means, such as stickers or clip-ons. Earrings have been worn across multiple ci ...

',Б. Д. Гринченко. Словарь украинского языка, К., 1908, т. 2, с. 262 (in Russian) also in West-Ukrainian dialects “колток”.А. А. Зализняк. Древненовгородский диалект. М., 2004, с. 268 (in Russian) In a Novgorod dialect the word “колтки” means pendants of earrings, it was also mentioned in

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No. 644, found in

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, dating back to

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a kolt in the collection of Kremlin Armory Chamber, Moscow

a star-shaped kolt in the collection of Kremlin Armory Chamber, Moscow

* ttps://archive.today/20121209030426/http://brokm.vbreste.by/images/stories/1/bk.jpg a circular silver kolt found in the Berestye archeological site, Belarus, featuring a seed with sprouts Culture of Kievan Rus' Slavic culture Jewellery components Russian art Ukrainian art

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