Jewelry connected to hair and ears

Name/Title

Jewelry connected to hair and ears

Entry/Object ID

2023.3.361

Description

It would have been worn on the face with the long threads pinned into the hair and the loops at the two ends tied to the ear ornaments

Acquisition

Accession

2023.3

Source or Donor

Vickie Elson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Vickie Elson

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown Maker

Time Period

1960s

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

India

Material

Cotton yarn, Metallic Thread, Silk thread

Provenance

Notes

Gift of Vickie Elson. Donated to Tracing Patterns Foundation in 2023.