2001.30.44

Collection type

Object

Description

Waist or neck ornament consisting of two strings of metal beads. [MdeA 10/5/2002]

Long description

Waist or neck ornament consisting of two strings of metal beads. The beads are made from gold coloured metal sheeting which has been folded to form pleated circular beads. In between each bead there is a section of gold metal wrapped yarn and purple cotton yarn. The two strings are joined at either end to a cone shaped section of ?textile bound with gold metal wrapped yarn and red foil. A length of several purple yarns extends at the end of the two cone sections. These yarns would be tied together to attach the ornament around the wearer's neck or waist. [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 Metal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Foil Metal, Process Stitched, Process Strung

Dimensions

Width: max 12 mm, Length: max 995 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2001.30.44

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]

Search terms: Ornament, Clothing, Neck Ornament, Belt, Waist Ornament