Bracelet

Museum number:
9-12084a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210912084a@2cb
Alternate number:
223ab (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2963 and Acc.2964
Description:
Bangle/ "Chittal"; identical pair; opalescent white glass; diameter 6.5 cm, width 0.5 cm. Worn traditionally by Parsi women on the first new moon (Handraj) after their engagement or wedding. Probably worn one on each wrist. Although Czechoslovakian bangles were more highly regarded than Indian, the Ferozepur bangles, sold by itinerant merchants were though to be better than most.
Donor:
Gool H. Wadia and Shireenbai Kapadia
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bracelets (jewelry)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 9-12084a,b, described as Bangle/ "Chittal"; identical pair; opalescent white glass; diameter 6.5 cm, width 0.5 cm. Worn traditionally by Parsi women on the first new moon (Handraj) after their engagement or wedding. Probably worn one on each wrist. Although Czechoslovakian bangles were more highly regarded than Indian, the Ferozepur bangles, sold by itinerant merchants were though to be better than most.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 9-12084a,b, described as Bangle/ "Chittal"; identical pair; opalescent white glass; diameter 6.5 cm, width 0.5 cm. Worn traditionally by Parsi women on the first new moon (Handraj) after their engagement or wedding. Probably worn one on each wrist. Although Czechoslovakian bangles were more highly regarded than Indian, the Ferozepur bangles, sold by itinerant merchants were though to be better than most.

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