Bangle: band covered with yellow lacquer with a strip of crimped ?copper foil along the centre. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/1/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bangle: band covered with yellow lacquer with a strip of crimped ?copper foil along the centre. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/1/2006]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh Telangana Kerala Karnataka
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Hope Department, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1871
Date collected: circa 1871
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1952
Materials and processes: Material Glass, Material Lac Insect Lacquer Varnish, Material Copper Metal, Material Foil Metal, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Gilded
Object numbers: Accession number: 1952.6.6.12 Other numbers: 576
Research and responses: These 23 bangles [1952.6.6 .1 - .23] were found together on a cylindrical mount covered with sewn red velvet. They represent a collection of different styles of bangle - some made of glass, some ornamented with pearls, some with foil. It is assumed that the accession entry which reads "23 bangles, of glass, gilded wire, and lacquer" does not refer to the composition of each bangle in this group but rather the range of materials used. This decision was reached after discussions between myself, Alison Petch and Gali Beiner. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/1/2006]

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