Dance Anklet

29-130-73B

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Sistra
Object Number 29-130-73B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India
Date Made 18th Century - 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Technique Cast
Description

Cast bronze ankle rattle. The hollow tube is oval in form. On the top side there are four decorative start-like relief patterns and on the bottom side running almost entire length there are two slits. Metal pellets inside create a rattling sound. At one end there is a loop.

Height 4 cm
Length 22.8 cm
Width 13 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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