Pair of Anklets
20th century (made)
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A pair of rigid silver circular anklets made in two parts. with confronted makara heads. The anklets have chased decoration of a meandering scroll of foliated flowers on the inner side with a leaf design on the outer curve set with foil-backed coloured stones in shades of amber, red, colourless and one green stone. The makara heads are separately cast with a cylindrical pin on one side that slots into a hole in the main body of the anklet and a horizontal piece of sheet silver with a central hole which slots sideways into the other side and is fastened with a counter-clockwise screw with a red coloured stone on its head.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, foil |
| Brief description | Pair of silver and gem-set anklets from West Bengal |
| Physical description | A pair of rigid silver circular anklets made in two parts. with confronted makara heads. The anklets have chased decoration of a meandering scroll of foliated flowers on the inner side with a leaf design on the outer curve set with foil-backed coloured stones in shades of amber, red, colourless and one green stone. The makara heads are separately cast with a cylindrical pin on one side that slots into a hole in the main body of the anklet and a horizontal piece of sheet silver with a central hole which slots sideways into the other side and is fastened with a counter-clockwise screw with a red coloured stone on its head. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr W. Ganguly |
| Object history | These anklets are part of the large donation of Indian folk jewellery from Dr Waltraud Ganguly which was collected over the last few decades before her death in 2015 from dealers in both India and Europe, in parallel with extensive fieldwork she carried out in the Indian Sub-Continent. They were shown at the exhibition in the Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany, 18 October 2013 - 18 January 2014. According to Dr. Ganguly, these anklets came from an old Muslim family living in Murshidabad. |
| Bibliographic reference | Ganguly, Waltraud. Indian folk jewellery : designs and techniques Delhi, 2015
p.70, illus. |
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| Accession number | IS.60:1&2-2019 |
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| Record created | April 14, 2015 |
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