Woman's ear stud. A cylindrical tube, being formed of a rolled up strip of wood or palm leaf, dyed red, with a conical top of red wax. [JMC 2/8/2019]

Collection type: Object
Description: Woman's ear stud. A cylindrical tube, being formed of a rolled up strip of wood or palm leaf, dyed red, with a conical top of red wax. [JMC 2/8/2019]
Long description: Woman's ear stud. A cylindrical tube, being formed of a rolled up strip of wood or palm leaf, dyed red, with a conical top of red wax. There are tiny white beads around the rim of the wax, two thirds of which remains, and fragments of gold foil and a shard of glass decorating the wax. There is a depression at the apex, presumably where another bead or seed is missing, which is surrounded by a ring of tiny white beads, only 5 of which remain in situ. [JMC 2/8/2019]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Uttar Pradesh Mirzapur
Cultural groups: Kharwar
Person: Field collector William Crooke; PRM source William Crooke
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1892
Date collected: By 1892
Acquisition information: Donated: 1892 Found unentered: 08/1945
Materials and processes: Material Wax, Material Bead, Material Metal, Material Glass, Material Wood Plant, Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Rolled, Process Dyed, Process Inlaid, Process Moulded
Dimensions: Diameter: max 23 mm, Length: max 44 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1945.8.11.6 Other numbers: 163 Other PRM accession number: 1945.8.11g

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