Bracelet

Museum number:
9-11298
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011298
Alternate number:
451B (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
churi - armlet; coconut wood, painted, with gold foil pressed into paint; 9 cm diameter
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bracelets (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
worn as personal adornment by women on upper arms; collecter says this piece is part of a set 9-11297 to 9-11302
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 9-11298, described as churi - armlet; coconut wood, painted, with gold foil pressed into paint; 9 cm diameter
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 9-11298, described as churi - armlet; coconut wood, painted, with gold foil pressed into paint; 9 cm diameter

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