Forehead Ornament
48-29-174
From: India
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | 48-29-174 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Indian |
Provenience | India |
Date Made | 18th Century - 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Gold | Glass | Cord | Wire | Paste |
Technique | Gilded | Inlaid |
Description | Woman's forehead ornament. Gilded paste beads with glass inlay with smaller white and green glass beads outlining paste beads and as dangles. Larger central medallion above which is another string with a blue and green glass bead and a double strand of white beads. End of each set of beads wrapped in metallic thread ending in orange cotton string. |
Credit Line | Gift of Presbyterian Board of Missions, 1948 |
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