Pair of Anklets
20th century (made)
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A heavy silver pair of hollow anklets cast in two parts and decorated with ribs of overlapping scales and beaded borders above and plain ribs below. The anklets are hinged with a bolt driven through an internal ring on the smaller portion with a hollow cylinder on the other side which slots in between two hollow cylinders on the inner edge of the coresponding segment. This is closed by means of a long bolt driven in from the bottom into which is screwed a counter-clockwise long screw with a domed knop at the top.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, casting |
| Brief description | Pair of silver anklets from Madhya Pradesh or Odisha |
| Physical description | A heavy silver pair of hollow anklets cast in two parts and decorated with ribs of overlapping scales and beaded borders above and plain ribs below. The anklets are hinged with a bolt driven through an internal ring on the smaller portion with a hollow cylinder on the other side which slots in between two hollow cylinders on the inner edge of the coresponding segment. This is closed by means of a long bolt driven in from the bottom into which is screwed a counter-clockwise long screw with a domed knop at the top. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr W. Ganguly |
| Object history | This pair of anklets is 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 purchased from the jewellery deler, Mahendra in July 2007 for 1055 Euros. The pair was shown at the exhibition in the Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany, 18 October 2013 - 18 January 2014. |
| Historical context | Oppi Untracht illustrates a not disimilar heavy anklet from Odisha which he attributes to the Kondh tribals who ' placed them on a bride's ankles to prevent her from running away. Once she was reconciled to her new status and surroundings, the anklets were removed and kept as a family heirloom for use on another such occasion'. |
| Bibliographic reference | Traditional jewelry of India / Oppi Untracht. London: Thames and Hudson Limited London, 1997 Number: 0500017808
p.274, fig. 650 |
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| Accession number | IS.68:1&2-2019 |
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| Record created | April 14, 2015 |
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