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1923.47.16

Sacred cord with 7 knots.

1923.47.16

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sacred cord with 7 knots.
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Uttar Pradesh Varanasi [Benares]
Person
Field collector Jagannath Prasada
PRM source Robert William Theodore Gunther
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1908
Date collected
Before September 1908
Acquisition information
Donated: 1923
Materials and processes
Material Yarn, Process Knotted
Dimensions
Length: max 280 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.47.16

Search terms: Religion, Cordage, Medicine, Cord, Religious Object, Amulet

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