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1952.6.20.1

1 of 30 identical bangles: thin circlet of glass spirally wound with fine ?copper wire, with flaking red lacquer on inner edge. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 19/1/2006]

1952.6.20.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
1 of 30 identical bangles: thin circlet of glass spirally wound with fine ?copper wire, with flaking red lacquer on inner edge. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 19/1/2006]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh Telangana Kerala Karnataka
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1871
Date collected
circa 1871
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1952
Materials and processes
Material Glass, Material Foil Metal, Material Copper Metal, Material Lac Insect Lacquer Varnish, Process Gilded, Process Lacquered Varnished
Dimensions
Thick: max 1.5 mm, Diameter: max 50 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1952.6.20.1
Research and responses

These 30 bangles [1952.6.20 .1 - .30] were found tied together with string. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 19/1/2006]

Search terms: Ornament, Technique, Arm Ornament

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