Anklet, One of a Pair
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These gold anklets are made up of many small articulated balls that would jingle and move alongside the wearer. One of the anklets is fitted with bells on the tassel. Such jewels would have been worn in the areas of Rajasthan, Malwa, and Madhya Pradesh as part of a suite of jewelry. The use of gold in these pieces indicates that these jewels were made for a person of privilege.
These jewels was formerly in the collection of American artist and designer Lockwood de Forest (1850–1932) who purchased many jeweled objects while traveling in India between 1879–1881. Today, his collection of Indian jewelry in the Met serves as a near-comprehensive assemblage of late nineteenth century bodily adornment.
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