Ornament

Museum number:
9-11291
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011291
Alternate number:
501 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
narjal - bead-covered coconut with swastika motif; 13 cm height, 9 cm width
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:
Coconut and Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
used in ritual where groom carries coconut to the house of the bride
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 9 centimeters and height 13 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Ornament, accession number 9-11291, described as narjal - bead-covered coconut with swastika motif; 13 cm height, 9 cm widthHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Ornament, accession number 9-11291, described as narjal - bead-covered coconut with swastika motif; 13 cm height, 9 cm widthHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Ornament, accession number 9-11291, described as narjal - bead-covered coconut with swastika motif; 13 cm height, 9 cm width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 9-11291, described as narjal - bead-covered coconut with swastika motif; 13 cm height, 9 cm width

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