Water-carrying ring

Museum number:
9-11290
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
500 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Indoni—circular band of stuffed cotton with multicolored beads; beaded “tail” in back; 13 cm length.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Gujarat State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Gujerat
Culture or time period:
Gujarati people
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Used by women to facilitate water-carrying; ring is placed on head, water jar balanced on ring. Niloufer Hirschman said (1976) that a decorated (beaded) coconut would be placed on top of the lota.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
circular band— diameter 15 centimeters and beaded "tail" in back— length 13 centimeters
Comment:
Ring of cotton covered material with intricate beaded designs in green, white, red, blue, yellow.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Water-carrying ring, accession number 9-11290, described as Indoni—circular band of stuffed cotton with multicolored beads; beaded “tail” in back; 13 cm length.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Water-carrying ring, accession number 9-11290, described as Indoni—circular band of stuffed cotton with multicolored beads; beaded “tail” in back; 13 cm length.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Water-carrying ring, accession number 9-11290, described as Indoni—circular band of stuffed cotton with multicolored beads; beaded “tail” in back; 13 cm length.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water-carrying ring, accession number 9-11290, described as Indoni—circular band of stuffed cotton with multicolored beads; beaded “tail” in back; 13 cm length.

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