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Title:
Bangle ('Kangan')
Object name(s):
Bangle
Brief description:
The silver 'kangan' (bangle) has three rows of hemispherical decorations mounted on two framing bands.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Jewellery
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2020MU5192/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Diameter
Dimension measured part:
maximum
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
7.8
Material:
Silver
Object name:
Bangle
Object number:
IS.1913-1883
Object production date:
c.1880
Date - association:
Made
Date - earliest / single:
1880-01-01
Date - latest:
1880-12-31
Object production person:
Unknown
Object production place:
Calcutta
Place association:
Made
Physical description:
The silver 'kangan' (bangle) has three rows of hemispherical decorations mounted on two framing bands.
Reproduction number:
2020MU5192
Reproduction number:
2020MU5194
Responsible department/section:
SSEA
Technique:
Chased
Technique:
Silver, chased
Text reason:
Collections online record
User's reference:
Reference:
Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
User's reference:
Reference:
Bangle Calcutta/ probably c.1880 Silver alloy, applied ornament of three rows of hemispheres, and two framing chased bands/ 7.8cm max. diameter.

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/11d148ce-458b-3c89-95bf-d2ddd3bd11fc

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/11d148ce-458b-3c89-95bf-d2ddd3bd11fc, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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