Necklace

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Ladakh (made)

This necklace is of a type worn by women in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir State in India. Ladakh, on the western edge of the Tibetan plateau, stood for centuries on main trade routes between India and central Asia and Tibet. While much of its material culture is strongly Tibetan, some forms, such as the cylindrical amulets hanging from this necklace, are Indian in type and show southerly contacts.

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Category	India Museum
Object type	Necklace
Materials and techniques	Silver and coral Silver Coral Embossed
Brief description	8 amulets; Jewellery, silver coral beads, Tibet
Physical description	A necklace consisting of coral beads interspersed with cylindrical silver amulet cases in conjoined pairs.
Dimensions	Length: 24cm
Subject depicted	Buddhist
Summary	This necklace is of a type worn by women in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir State in India. Ladakh, on the western edge of the Tibetan plateau, stood for centuries on main trade routes between India and central Asia and Tibet. While much of its material culture is strongly Tibetan, some forms, such as the cylindrical amulets hanging from this necklace, are Indian in type and show southerly contacts.
Bibliographic reference	John Clarke: Jewellery of Tibet and Himalayas, V&A Publications ISBN 1 85177 4238, 2004, page35-36.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	03070(IS)

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Record created	February 24, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O93789/necklace-unknown/

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