Bangle: band covered in yellow lacquer elaborately ornamented with seed pearls, sequins and foil. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/1/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bangle: band covered in yellow lacquer elaborately ornamented with seed pearls, sequins and foil. [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 Foil Metal, Material Metal Wire, Material Pearl, Process Gilded
Object numbers: Accession number: 1952.6.18.1
Research and responses: These 15 bangles [1952.6.18 .1 - .15] were found tied together & associated with the label bearing accession number 1952.6.18. The original accession entry implies that there should be 18 bangles, but only 15 were found together. The others may have broken or become separated from the rest of this group. Several extra bangles were found loose in the drawer with this collection but without any way of positively identifying them, it was decided to leave the groups as they were found. This was the result of several discussions between myself, Alison Petch and Gali Beiner. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/1/2006]