6555
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Rajasthani Pair of Knitted Silver Wire Bracelets (Bala)
Rajasthan, India early 20th century
internal diameter at widest point: 8.5cm, combined weight: 189g
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Provenance
Dutch art market
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This very fine pair of bracelets known as bala is of high-grade silver wire that has been knitted into flexible tubes.
Each tube is joined by a pair of silver snub-nosed makara heads with a pull-out closing mechanism between the heads.
Such bracelets were worn in Rajasthan.
See Untracht (1997, p. 252) for a single bala bracelet.
The pair is in excellent condition.
References
Untracht, O., Traditional Jewelry of India, Thames & Hudson, 1997.