Nose ornament

Description

Nose ornament (bulak) for septum, leaf shaped pendants attached to a ring decorated with granules and a drop-shaped element set with rock crystal and turquoise and amber coloured stones: Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, 1800 - 1850

Museum reference

A.1911.466

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Nose ornament

Production information

Himachal Pradesh, India, South Asia

Date

First half 19th century

Materials

Gold, Rock crystal, Glass, Pearl

Physical description

Jewelled gold with rubies, turquoises, pearls, and central cabochon crystal

Associations

Previous owner: Lindsay Carnegie, Donald, Major, 1840 - 1911
17th Bengal Cavalry

Exhibitions

• Indian Encounters (14 Nov 2014 - 01 Mar 2015)
  National Museum of Scotland

• From Stromness to the Punjab: Sir John Login, Maharaja Duleep Singh and the Treasures of Lahore (01 Apr 2014 - 30 Sep 2014)
  Stromness Museum

References

FRIEDERIKE VOIGT, ROSANNA NICOLSON AND LAURA BENNISON. 2017. ‘PANJAB CONNECTIONS’: A YOUNG ROOTS HERITAGE PROJECT AT NATIONAL MUSEUMS SCOTLAND. Journal of Museum Ethnography, no. 30, pp. 24-48