Pendant

29-235-46

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-235-46
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience India
Section Asian
Materials Jade | Silk
Technique Inscribed
Inscription Language Arabic Language
Description

Bandeau - opaque green glass talisman, white Arabic writing; red cord with bound yellow on either side of talisman. Green jade pendant with cord in the shape of a cartouche or shield. Pendant top and bottom wquared with the sides semi-circular. Pendant is inscribed with writing. The cord is compossed of two red ribbons strung through the pendant and wrapped with yellow and black thread to create a "cone" that eventually tapers out.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number CG2001-1-25 - Found in Collection Number

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