1895.623: "Swami-style" Necklace
Jewelry
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1895.623
- People
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Peter Orr
- Title
- "Swami-style" Necklace
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Work Type
- necklace
- Date
- mid 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Tamil Nadu
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/232521
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- 22 karat gold-plated
- Dimensions
- 5.72 x 51.44 cm (2 1/4 x 20 1/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Mrs. William Hayes Fogg, New York, NY, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1895.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mrs. William Hayes Fogg
- Accession Year
- 1895
- Object Number
- 1895.623
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Linked openwork, 11 teardrop-shaped links on top, 9 on bottom; pendant oval with relief of goddess and snakes, also goddess on clasp. Depicts two standing frontal figures and peacock; Kumara, one of Shiva's sons mounted on a peacock (right of centre) with attendant figures.
Exhibition History
- Silver and Shawls: India, Europe, and the Colonial Art Market, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/27/2005 - 01/29/2006
Verification Level
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