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Drawing
- Place of origin:
Rajasthan (made)
- Date:
ca. 1886 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Drawn in ink and pencil on paper
- Credit Line:
Given by Col. T. H. Hendley.
- Museum number:
IS.30-1996
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Drawing, ink and pencil on paper, sketch to illustrate casting of an anklet in Rajasthan, manufacturing the anklet.
Place of Origin
Rajasthan (made)
Date
ca. 1886 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Drawn in ink and pencil on paper
Marks and inscriptions
'No 7 Manufacture of the santh or anklet'
Written above sketch, in red ink.
'Mzzs. Cup of blacksmith/Metal/ribbon/Edge of the sheath/mould cut open on the/side after the anklets are/cast-/S...dhan. draughtsman.'
Annotations around and beneath left hand sketch, in red ink.
'Hole for/escape of wax/Edges of the/ribbons/the santh/the second santh/Loading rods/Mould cut open at/the edge to show pair/of sanths.'
Annotations around and beneath right hand sketch, in red ink.
Dimensions
Height: 17.2 cm, Width: 21.7 cm each
Object history note
The sketches IS.24 to 30-1996 are accompanied by four sheets of writing paper containing notes in Hendley's (who commissioned the sketches) hand on the subject. Rp 96/1423.
Descriptive line
Drawing, anklet-casting, ink on paper, Rajasthan, ca. 1886
Production Note
Commissioned by Thomas Holbein Hendley.
Materials
Paper; Ink; Pencil
Techniques
Drawn
Subjects depicted
Anklet; Metal-working; Jewellery
Categories
Drawings; Paintings; Metalwork; Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
