rakhi rosette; string-type charm; silver, tinsel circular base with flower motif at center; flower motif made of silver tinsel yarn with threads dyed magenta, blue, orange, and purple with silver ribbon center
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
before November 1970
Materials:
Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
Rakhi Purnima Festival - sisters tie charm around right wrist of their brothers, in act of veneration, affection, and respect. The act, and by extention, the festival is called raksha bhanda (to tie the rakhi)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 0.8 centimeters, height 3.3 centimeters, and width 2.5 centimeters