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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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