Jewelry Tacks
29-221-51
From: India
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-221-51 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | India |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Metal | Stone |
| Description | Set of 9 small tacks, similar to nails except that the heads of the tacks are small round gemstones: three each of red, green, and clear. Body of tacks are hollow so that a backing, which consists of a small pin hammered into a flat circle at its end, can fit into the body of the tack. "small card with 9 studs - red, green, white stones (glass) / also described as Nose Rings" |
| Length | 1 cm |
| Depth | 0.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 51 - Sommerville Number |
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