2001.30.45

Collection type

Object

Description

Wristlet or anklet; six sections of white metal inset with foil flowers in glass, with fine wires and coloured yarns at the ends.

Long description

Wrist or ankle ornament. The main body of the ornament consists of six sections of silver coloured metal. These sections are inset with clear glass below which are green and red foil flowers. The metal sections are held together with wire. At either end of the body of metal sections there is a shaped section of ?textile bound with gold metal wrapped yarn and red foil. A length of several cotton yarns extends at the end of the two cone sections. These yarns would be tied together to attach the ornament around the wearer's wrist or ankle. This object is identical to 2001.30.46.

Geographical reference

India

Asia > Southern Asia > India

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, Material Glass

Dimensions

Diameter: max 85 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2001.30.45

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, Arm Ornament, Leg Ornament