armlet
- Museum number
- As.9257
- Description
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Armlet made of glass (?) or lac (?). Yellow central band with red lacquer to top and bottom; black lacquer inside. Circles of mirror (some missing) embedded all around with geometric patterns separating them.
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 6.70 centimetres
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Height: 1.80 centimetres
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Weight: 25 grammes
- Curator's comments
- Register: 'East Indies. Armlet made of three glass or lac armlets [illegible] and covered with yellow and red lacquer [?] are fired discs of looking glass. Purchased (Dr. W.S. Simpson) January 18, 1875.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1875
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As.9257
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: As1875C1.9257 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: As1875C0118