Shield
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Shield dhal buffalo hide with enamelled gold mounts
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Buffalo hide painted with gold ornamentation, and with enamelled gold mounts, velvet-covered knuckle pads secured with ?silver fixings |
| Brief description | Shield dhal buffalo hide with enamelled gold mounts, Rajasthan |
| Physical description | Shield dhal buffalo hide with enamelled gold mounts |
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| Object history | Bought at the Great Exhibition 1851 Inventory of the Museum at South Kensington vol. I (1852-1867) : Indian (Kotah in Rajpootana), modern. Diam 20 ½” Buffalo hide. With six round bosses and one crescent in enamelled gold. Bought (Exhibition of 1851) 20 l. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of the objects of Indian art exhibited in the South Kensington Museum / by H.H. Cole. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode and sold by Chapman & Hall, 1874
p. 148
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 115-1852 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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