Jewelry

Museum number:
9-22455
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
6 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4753
Description:
necklace. gold and amber semicircle necklace; ornamentation of semicircle is of 4 layers of gold and amber jewel. innermost in network of gold beads is flower and sphere shape. second is a row of inlaid amber jewels, 3 in all; 3rd is another round, spherical and flower-shaped beads, gold, like the first, but larger; and outermost row of ornamentation is a ring of amber and yellow beads. the ornament piece is connected at each end by yellow cords that end in a knot of bronze and red threads
Donor:
Malu Beltran
Collection place:
Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Collector:
Martha Beltran
Collection date:
August 2, 2005
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 10, 2005
Context of use:
used by married women; part of set, this type of jewelry set is worn by married women on all occasions
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
ornamenation— height 20.4 centimeters, whole— length 68.4 centimeters, ornamenation— width 2.4 centimeters, and cords— length 48 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Jewelry, accession number 9-22455, described as necklace. gold and amber semicircle necklace; ornamentation of semicircle is of 4 layers of gold and amber jewel. innermost in network of gold beads is flower and sphere shape. second is a row of inlaid amber jewels, 3 in all; 3rd is another round, spherical and flower-shaped beads, gold, like the first, but larger; and outermost row of ornamentation is a ring of amber and yellow beads. the ornament piece is connected at each end by yellow cords that end in a knot of bronze and red threadsHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Jewelry, accession number 9-22455, described as necklace. gold and amber semicircle necklace; ornamentation of semicircle is of 4 layers of gold and amber jewel. innermost in network of gold beads is flower and sphere shape. second is a row of inlaid amber jewels, 3 in all; 3rd is another round, spherical and flower-shaped beads, gold, like the first, but larger; and outermost row of ornamentation is a ring of amber and yellow beads. the ornament piece is connected at each end by yellow cords that end in a knot of bronze and red threadsHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Jewelry, accession number 9-22455, described as necklace. gold and amber semicircle necklace; ornamentation of semicircle is of 4 layers of gold and amber jewel. innermost in network of gold beads is flower and sphere shape. second is a row of inlaid amber jewels, 3 in all; 3rd is another round, spherical and flower-shaped beads, gold, like the first, but larger; and outermost row of ornamentation is a ring of amber and yellow beads. the ornament piece is connected at each end by yellow cords that end in a knot of bronze and red threads

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