- 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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