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Head Ornament

c.1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Pune (made)

Hair ornament in gold backed with silver, and the interior filled with lac.
Ornament combining a crescent moon with a nagaraja (Nagari-jadapillai)


Object details

Categories
Personal Accessories
SCRAN
Jewellery
Metalwork
Object type
Head ornament
Materials and techniques
Gold backed with silver, the interior filled with lac
Gold
Brief description
Gold head ornament, Pune, c.1880
Physical description
Hair ornament in gold backed with silver, and the interior filled with lac.
Ornament combining a crescent moon with a nagaraja (Nagari-jadapillai)
Dimensions
  • Height: 47mm
  • Width: 42mm
  • Thickness: 10mm
Production
All purchased in India for the Museum by Caspar Purdon Clarke in 1880-82.
Bibliographic references
  • Susan Stronge, Nima Smith, and J.C. Harle. A Golden Treasury : Jewellery from the Indian Subcontinent London : Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad, 1988. ISBN: 0944142168 p.62
  • Indian Jewellery: The V&A Collection London: V&A Publishing, 2008 Number: ISBN 9781851774838 pp.8-29, pl. 1.23
  • Swallow, D., Stronge, S., Crill, R., Koezuka, T., editor and translator, "The Art of the Indian Courts. Miniature Painting and Decorative Arts", Victoria & Albert Museum and NHK Kinki Media Plan, 1993. p. 157 cat. no. 143
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.1876-1883

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Record createdMarch 27, 2003
Record URL
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