Necklace

29-221-34

From: India | Rajasthan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-221-34
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India | Rajasthan
Section Asian
Materials Metal | Cotton
Iconography Ganesha | Lakshmi
Description

Necklace (phul) with amulet attached. 4 Z-spun, S-twisted cords Z-twisted together. Eight circular pendents strung together on either side of a central square pendant. Two round beads seperate the square and circular pendents. The central pendant depicts a man and a woman (Ganesha and Lakshmi) sitting beneath an arch in the forest. Amulets like these are known by many names including madaliya and patri.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number CG2001-1-7 - Found in Collection Number | 34 - Sommerville Number

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