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Nose Ring

20th century (made)
Place of origin

A small gold nose ring with an s-shaped gold wire loop across the top fastening into a thinner double twisted eye of wire which is linked to the other end of the loop and is threaded with a small faceted red bead, a tiny seed pearl and the wire attachments for a former cluster of three pendant beads (probably seed pearls). The lower portion of the ring is decorated with an infill network of fine gold wire onto which is threaded tiny seed pearls either side of a tear-drop shaped red stone which is soldered onto the wire loop that has a lower edging of beaded wire and a radiating fringe of seed pearls threaded through little gold cylinders. The wires are twisted onto a wire seen on the back and soldered onto the lower part of the nose ring loop.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold, pearls and glass. Wirework
Brief description
Gold nose ring
Physical description
A small gold nose ring with an s-shaped gold wire loop across the top fastening into a thinner double twisted eye of wire which is linked to the other end of the loop and is threaded with a small faceted red bead, a tiny seed pearl and the wire attachments for a former cluster of three pendant beads (probably seed pearls). The lower portion of the ring is decorated with an infill network of fine gold wire onto which is threaded tiny seed pearls either side of a tear-drop shaped red stone which is soldered onto the wire loop that has a lower edging of beaded wire and a radiating fringe of seed pearls threaded through little gold cylinders. The wires are twisted onto a wire seen on the back and soldered onto the lower part of the nose ring loop.
Credit line
Given by Dr W. Ganguly
Object history
Dr Ganguly purchsed this nose ring from Hans Weihreter, a dealer in Augsburg, Germany, in February 2000
Historical context
This nose ring iis of a type still worn by and made for Lambadi tribeswomen acording to Dr Ganguly.
Bibliographic reference
Ganguly, W., Nose Rings of India, Delhi, 2015 p.110, illus
Collection
Accession number
IS.110-2019

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Record createdApril 29, 2015
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