Bulak Nose Ornament
20th century (made)
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A gold bulak without its sliding loop. The ornament has a gold back plate with a horseshoe-shape at the top with an inner triangular form pointing upwards and a longer inverted triangle below. The piece is decorated with applied sections of beaded wirework and a granulated triangular edging. The pattern is further elaborated with applied faceted gold balls and colourful enamel in blue, yellow, green and red repoussé leaf-like shapes. There are two gold rings soldered on the back through which a sliding loop would have been inserted which would have passed through the wearer's septum.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Gold and enamel wirework, dye-stamping, repoussé work |
| Brief description | Gold and enamel bulak from Uttarakhand |
| Physical description | A gold bulak without its sliding loop. The ornament has a gold back plate with a horseshoe-shape at the top with an inner triangular form pointing upwards and a longer inverted triangle below. The piece is decorated with applied sections of beaded wirework and a granulated triangular edging. The pattern is further elaborated with applied faceted gold balls and colourful enamel in blue, yellow, green and red repoussé leaf-like shapes. There are two gold rings soldered on the back through which a sliding loop would have been inserted which would have passed through the wearer's septum. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr W. Ganguly |
| Object history | Dr Ganguly purchased this bulak from the jewellery dealers, Amrapali in July 2007 |
| Historical context | This shape of bulak is noted by Dr Ganguly as being a common one in the Jaunsar-Bawar region of Uttarakhand. Traditionally it might be worn with a large-diameter nath in the left nostril. Dr Ganguly shows a photograph of a a woman from Jaunsar wearing a similar bulak tgether with a simple nose stud in her left nostril, (Ganguly,2015). |
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| Accession number | IS.112-2019 |
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| Record created | April 29, 2015 |
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