Necklace
29-221-129
From: India | Darjeeling
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-221-129 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | India | Darjeeling |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Metal |
| Description | Brass quatrefoil metallic talisman / charm box, set with seven turquoises. The lower lobe of the talisman is ornamented at each end with a Kuara bean, the original karat for measuring the weight of precious stones. Attached to a necklace set with cylindrical coral beads interspersed with black and many colored small beads. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 129 - Sommerville Number |
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