Українські прикраси / Ukrainian jewelry

The main element of dukach is a medallion, which mainly contained an image and had a circular shape.  People used coins as medallions, mintings depicting the Queen, religious and even award medals, tokens.  There occurred dukaches which contained ancient coins and other “fossil” subjects. Dukach  "Horned" ( Cherkasy region ), medallion " the Queen". Dukach from the collection of Yurii Kovalenko    The reverse side of veremiivskiy dukach (Cherkasy region), medallion – the Russian  medal "For courage" (IV degree). Dukach from the collection of Yurii Kovalenko    It can be assumed that initially the main purpose for women was to hang up on the neck “something round”, which was not only to adorn its owner and to witness the level of prosperity in her house, but also to perform certain functions of a talisman. Eventually, under the influence of Christian traditions, dukach has partially lost the function of protection; however,...