- Title:
- Ivory walking stick
- Object name(s):
- Walking stick
- Brief description:
- The engraved decorations on the carved ivory stick, which was made in sections, represented circles and dots.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- India Museum
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2019MG2327/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 113.6
- Material:
- Ivory
- Object history note:
- Berhampur in Murshidabad District was a major centre for ivory carving.
- Object name:
- Walking stick
- Object number:
- 2454(IS)
- Object production date:
- 19th century
- Date - association:
- Made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1800-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1900-12-31
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Object production place:
- Berhampur
- Place association:
- Made
- Physical description:
- The engraved decorations on the carved ivory stick, which was made in sections, represented circles and dots.
- Reproduction number:
- 2019MG2327
- Responsible department/section:
- SSEA
- Technique:
- Carving
- Technique:
- Carved ivory
- 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 details:
- p.75
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4603c5ce-bc47-3435-84d1-35a73c032d62
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4603c5ce-bc47-3435-84d1-35a73c032d62, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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