Nose Ring
20th century (made)
| Place of origin |
A small nose ornament with a curving gold wire hook ending in a small scroll. The decorative part of the piece has coils of gold wire above an encircling row of granulation with a brown-coloured pearl below threaded onto gold wire which is twisted round a terminal at its base.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Gold and pearl |
| Brief description | Gold and pearl nose ornament for a figure of a deity from Goa or Karnataka |
| Physical description | A small nose ornament with a curving gold wire hook ending in a small scroll. The decorative part of the piece has coils of gold wire above an encircling row of granulation with a brown-coloured pearl below threaded onto gold wire which is twisted round a terminal at its base. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr W. Ganguly |
| Object history | Dr Ganguly bought this nose ornament together with Prov.411-2015 from Michael Beste on 5 May 2010 for a total of 120 euros. |
| Historical context | Dr Ganguly noted that this nose ornament and Prov.411-2015 would typically be used for the embellishment of images of deities, but she also felt that they could be worn by women with nose piercings close to the edge of the nostril. |
| Bibliographic reference | Ganguly, W., Nose Rings of India, Delhi, 2015
p.122, illus. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.89-2019 |
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| Record created | April 29, 2015 |
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