Earplug
2nd quarter of the 19th century (made)
Place of origin |
Formed with a tube - closed at one end with a rosette mounted with 18 diamonds and at the other a rosette surrounded by scrolling patterns in low relief.
Object details
Category | |
Object type | |
Materials and techniques | Gold partly chased and stained with tamarind juice set with diamonds. |
Brief description | Burmese gold and diamond nga-daung (earplug), Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885), ca. 2nd quarter of the 19th century. |
Physical description | Formed with a tube - closed at one end with a rosette mounted with 18 diamonds and at the other a rosette surrounded by scrolling patterns in low relief. |
Style | |
Production type | Unique |
Gallery label | Ear Plugs
1800–55
Konbaung period
Ear plugs or ear tubes were worn as an adornment by all levels
of Burmese society. Royalty and the nobility would have used
ones made of precious materials such as these.
Gold and diamonds
Green jade
Burma (probably Amarapura or Ava (now Inwa))
Acquired by the East India Company Museum in 1855
Museum nos. 03156&a (IS), 03172 (IS)(14/06/2011) |
Object history | Originally a pair 1 written off RP/58/26817 |
Bibliographic reference | Nandagopal, Choodamani. "Burmese Jewellery From The Collection of The V&A".
in The Art of Burma - New Studies; ed. Donald M. Stadtner
Marg Publications, Mumbai 1999. 178p. ill |
Other number | 9824 - India Museum Slip Book |
Collection | |
Accession number | 03172(IS) |
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Record created | November 30, 1999 |
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