Hand Ornament
20th century (made)
| Place of origin |
A pair of hand ornaments, hathphuls, each made with a circular central plate decorated with a floral repoussé design and embellished with five clusters of gajre silver balls and a granulated rim. Four loops are soldered onto the slightly concave back and are linked to chains, the top pair of which terminates with each linked onto a smaller cluster of gajre balls attached to a simple finger ring. The lower pair of chains is linked to similar gajre clusters which are connected by chains with a hook and ring closure for encircling a wrist.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver <i>gajre</i>, repoussé work |
| Brief description | Pair of silver hand ornaments, hathphul, from Andhra Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh |
| Physical description | A pair of hand ornaments, hathphuls, each made with a circular central plate decorated with a floral repoussé design and embellished with five clusters of gajre silver balls and a granulated rim. Four loops are soldered onto the slightly concave back and are linked to chains, the top pair of which terminates with each linked onto a smaller cluster of gajre balls attached to a simple finger ring. The lower pair of chains is linked to similar gajre clusters which are connected by chains with a hook and ring closure for encircling a wrist. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr W. Ganguly |
| Object history | This pair of hathphul 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. It was shown at the exhibition in the Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany, 18 October 2013 - 18 January 2014. It was bought in November 2001 in Jhabua in Alirajpur District, Madhya Pradesh, along with Prov.1300-2015 |
| Historical context | The roundplate rests on the back of the hand with the two rings worn on the first and third fingers and the chain hooked round the wrist to keep the ornament in place. |
| Bibliographic reference | Indian folk jewellery : designs and techniques / Waltraud Ganguly. Number: 9789350502129, 9350502127
p.65 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.450:1&2-2019 |
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| Record created | June 23, 2015 |
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