Nose Ornament
20th century (made)
| Place of origin |
A gold nose ornament with un undulating gold hook fused to the top of the decorative part which has an oval setting for a red glass stone with a cone-shaped gold back above four coils of gold wire and a granulated gold ring which rests above a multi-lobed 'baroque' pearl threaded onto silver wire with a small granulated ring below and an octahedron terminal.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Gold, glass and pearl |
| Brief description | Gold nose ornament with glass and pearl decoration from Goa or Karnataka |
| Physical description | A gold nose ornament with un undulating gold hook fused to the top of the decorative part which has an oval setting for a red glass stone with a cone-shaped gold back above four coils of gold wire and a granulated gold ring which rests above a multi-lobed 'baroque' pearl threaded onto silver wire with a small granulated ring below and an octahedron terminal. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr W. Ganguly |
| Object history | Dr Ganguly bought this nose ornament together with Prov.415-2015 from a dealer, Vithaldas in Hyderabad in October 1999, for the total cost of 4080 Rupees. |
| Bibliographic reference | Ganguly, W., Nose Rings of India, Delhi, 2015
p.122, illus. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.91-2019 |
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| Record created | April 29, 2015 |
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