Finger Ornaments
| Object Number: | P1316B |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Lampong |
| Provenience: | Sumatra Komering Agong |
| Date Made: | 1901 |
| Early Date: | 1901 |
| Late Date: | 1901 |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Metal Glass |
| Length: | 14 cm |
| Width: | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901 |
Description
Five long, curved hollow brass "nails," worn by dancers at wedding ceremonies. Chains of small glass beads with diamond-shaped pendants hanging from tips of two. Small holes at the bases for chains of small glass beads that originally connected them - now missing. Three of them still have loops of glass beads attached midway.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Majlis, Brigitte K. 2007. The Art of Indonesian Textiles The E. M. Bakwin Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.. The Art Institute of Chicago. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 53 (Fig. 1) | View Objects related to this Type Citation |
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