Necklace
1800-1850 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
A woman's necklace from Ladakh incorporating coral beads and silver spacers. The fringe of silver drops on the lower edge recalls Indian necklace fashions and suggests influence from there transmitted via much-used trade routes to the south.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Embossed silver, turquoise and coral |
| Brief description | Jewellery, silver coral turq, Ladakh, C19 |
| Physical description | A necklace consisting of two parallel strings of coral beads held apart by silver spacers. |
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| Summary | A woman's necklace from Ladakh incorporating coral beads and silver spacers. The fringe of silver drops on the lower edge recalls Indian necklace fashions and suggests influence from there transmitted via much-used trade routes to the south. |
| Bibliographic reference | John Clarke: Jewellery of Tibet and Himalayas, V&A Publications
ISBN 1 85177 4238, 2004, p.35 & 101 , no.95.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.1858-1883 |
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| Record created | January 30, 2004 |
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