Head Ornament
| Place of origin |
Head ornament. Gold, set with pearl rubies and emeralds with a fringe of pearls along the lower edge. Three silk cords are attached
Object details
| Object type | |
| Brief description | 5 pearls & ruby pendant; Jewellery, gold ruby pearls, Madras |
| Physical description | Head ornament. Gold, set with pearl rubies and emeralds with a fringe of pearls along the lower edge. Three silk cords are attached |
| Credit line | Purchased from Procter & Co., 428, Indian Art Gallery, Oxford Street |
| Object history | The Indian Art Gallery or Procter & Co. provided the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford with objects from around 1875. According to the Pitt Rivers Museum database, nothing further is known of them except that they set up workshops in India to produce artefacts for the London market. Purchased from Procter & Co., 428, Indian Art Gallery, Oxford Street. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project. Registered Papers: 36628/93 |
| Bibliographic reference | Susan Stronge, Nima Smith, and J.C. Harle. A Golden Treasury : Jewellery from the Indian Subcontinent London : Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad, 1988. ISBN: 0944142168
pp.60-61 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.42-1893 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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