Neck ornament consisting of a central section of gold glass? beads stitched to a black wool textile backing. [MdeA 10/5/2002]

Collection type: Object
Description: Neck ornament consisting of a central section of gold glass? beads stitched to a black wool textile backing. [MdeA 10/5/2002]
Long description: Neck ornament consisting of a central section of gold glass? beads stitched to a black wool textile backing. The central section is attached at either end to a cone shaped section of ?textile bound with metal wrapped yarn. A length of several bright pink yarns extends at the end of the two cone sections. These pink yarns would be tied together to attach the necklace around the wearer's neck. [MdeA 10/5/2002]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Rajasthan
Person: Field collector Cambridge Mission; PRM source Ruth Taylor
Date / Period: Date made: Circa by 1920-1940
Date collected: Circa 1920 - 1940
Acquisition information: Donated: 03/05/2001
Materials and processes: Material Glass, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Bead, Material Wool Textile Animal, Process Stitched, Process Woven, Process Strung
Dimensions: Width: max 12 mm, Length: max 510 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2001.30.43
Research and responses: The Revd. Walter William Jarvis was Chaplain and lecturer in English 1946-62 at Stephen's College Delhi. See St Stephens College Delhi India History compiled by Arvind Vepa & Sujit Vishvanathan http://ase.tufts.edu/chemistry/kumar/ssc/html/sschis.html [Accessed 16/09/2013] [MJD 16/09/2013]

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