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19th CENTURY INDIA SILVER ANTIQUE LARGE HEAVY ORNATE TRIBAL BRACELET ANKLET




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Information:
Reference Number: Avaluer:1951454Region of Origin: India
Type: BraceletPrimary Material: Silver
Color: Silver
Original Description:

19th CENTURY INDIA
LARGE & HEAVY (12.4 OZS) ORNATE SILVER
ANKLET / BRACELET
THIS RARE &  IMPRESSIVE INDIAN JEWELRY EXPORT WAS TRADED IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO INDIAN COMMUNITIES LOCATED IN THE SULTANATE OF MUSCAT AND OMAN, AND THE SULTANATE OF ZANZIBAR (WHICH WAS THEN CONTROLLED BY OMAN). ORIGINALLY INTENDED AS AN ANKLET ADORNMENT, THIS EXOTIC FASHION STATEMENT, MADE IN INDIA’S WESTERNMOST PROVINCE OF GUJARAT, WAS ADOPTED INTO THE CULTURAL STYLE AND ...STATUS OF OMANI WOMEN OF THE PERIOD.WHETHER WORN AS AN ANKLET OR BRACELET, OR PRIZED AS A CULTURAL CENTERPIECE TO A COLLECTION, THIS RARE AND BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL ANTIQUE IS EXTREMELY WELL MADE, CAST, THEN CHASED AND LAVISHLY DECORATED BY HAND. IT ALMOST HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A MODERN WRISTWATCH.ITS INGENIOUS DESIGN HAS A SIMPLE, STRONG AND SECURE PIN WHICH, WHEN WITHDRAWN, SEPARATES THE TWO HALVES TO ALLOW FOR EASE OF GETTING IT ON OR OFF THE WEARER. THE BOTTOM IS HELD TOGETHER BY AN INTERNAL STURDY HINGE.THIS PIECE EXHIBITS NICE OVERALL PATINA COMMENSURATE WITH IT’S AGE, AND HAS TWO DENTS ON THE BAND CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR USE, BUT IS OTHERWISE PRISTINE CONSIDERING AGE AND WEAR.THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS ANKLET/BRACELET IS EXCEPTIONAL.
WEIGHS 343.8 GRAMS
63 mm INTERNAL DIAMETER
4.5” x 4.25” EXTERNAL DIAMETER
68 mm ACROSS FACE



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