- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ornamental silver chatelaine with pendant ear picks, deer tooth and silver fish and beads. [JP 30/10/2001]
- Cultural groups
- Lepcha
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1921
- Date collected
- Purchased from a Lepcha woman in Sikkim by June 1921.
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1921
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Material Deer Tooth Animal, Material Bead
- Dimensions
- Length 310 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1921.24.1
Search terms: Toilet, Ornament, Figure, Lock, Tool, Toilet Article, Waist Ornament, Fish Figure, Ear Scoop, Animal Part, Key
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