Necklace

29-221-33

From: India | Rajasthan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-221-33
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India | Rajasthan
Section Asian
Materials Wool | Metal
Iconography Ganesha | Lakshmi
Description

Necklace (phul) with an amulet attached. 4 Z-spun, S-twisted cords Z-twisted together. Several overhand knots and some crepe twisting throughout. Five circular pendents strung through cord, one large central square pendant with two eyes for the cord to pass through. Subject of pendant appears to be Ganesha and Lakshmi sitting under two arches. Amulets like these are known by many names including madaliya and patri.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number CG2001-1-5 - Found in Collection Number | 33 - Sommerville Number

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