Bracelet

Museum number:
9-10976
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
262 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Jewelry, arm; cast brass; 8.5 cm length, 8.5 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Brass (alloy) (brass alloy, cast)
Person depicted:
Vishnu (Hindu deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bracelets (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Used daily by women for ornamentation; tied with strings on upper arm. Hindu. Made by men, Metalworkers
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
weight 8.5 centimeters and length 8.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bracelet, accession number 9-10976, described as Jewelry, arm; cast brass; 8.5 cm length, 8.5 cm widthHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bracelet, accession number 9-10976, described as Jewelry, arm; cast brass; 8.5 cm length, 8.5 cm width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 9-10976, described as Jewelry, arm; cast brass; 8.5 cm length, 8.5 cm width

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